President Donald Trump and his South Korean counterpart spoke on the phone Monday morning for the first time since North Korea boasted of another nuclear test.<\/p>\n
President Donald Trump and his South Korean counterpart spoke on the phone Monday morning for the first time since North Korea boasted of another nuclear test.<\/p>\n
Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in agreed to remove the limit on the payload of South Korean missiles as part of the countries\u2019 response to the North\u2019s move on Sunday, South Korea\u2019s presidential office said in a statement. The North claimed it had detonated a hydrogen bomb underground.<\/p>\n
Both leaders also agreed that the latest test was a grave provocation that was \u201cunprecedented.\u201d<\/p>\n
The phone call came as the U.N. Security Council was holding its second emergency meeting in a week on the subject. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Sunday said the U.S. will answer any threat from the North with a \u201cmassive military response.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with the response of other countries to North Korean provocations. Over the weekend, he threatened to halt all trade with countries doing business with the North, a veiled warning to China, and faulted South Korea for its \u201ctalk of appeasement.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump is also considering triggering a withdrawal from a free trade agreement with South Korea, a business lobbying group said Saturday, raising concerns about a move that could cause a fresh economic rift between allies at a moment of heightened tensions with a common foe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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