The United States and South Korea said on Sunday they will postpone upcoming mil...
BANGKOK - The United States and South Korea said on Sunday they will postpone upcoming military drills in an effort to bolster a stalled peace push with North Korea, even as Washington denied the move amounted to another concession to Pyongyang.
In deference to Pyongyang, the exercises had already been reduced in scale and scope from previous years, but North Korea still objected to them regardless. “I think creating some more space for our diplomats to strike an agreement on the denuclearization of the peninsula is very important.”Earlier this month, a senior North Korean diplomat blamed the U.S. joint aerial drill for “throwing cold water” over talks with Washington. Pyongyang regularly opposes such U.S.-South Korean joint military exercises, viewing them as a rehearsal for invasion.
Pyongyang described the U.N. criticism of its human rights record as a product of U.S. “hostile policy” aimed at toppling its regime, and called the resolution a U.S. “political provocation. Back at home, Trump has been accused by critics in Congress of being too willing to grant concessions to Pyongyang, without getting enough in return. Trump says he has secured a halt in North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile and nuclear tests, significantly lowering fears of war.
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