Allies for 67 Years, U.S. and South Korea Split Over North Korea
“We will not give up our goal of working together with allies to seek a peaceful denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.”
Moon has supported Mr. Trump’s push for tougher sanctions against North Korea,
and in a call on Monday, their first since the nuclear test on Sunday, the two leaders agreed to lift the weight limit on South Korean conventional warheads, Park Soo-hyun, a spokesman for Mr.
He called the North Korean nuclear test on Sunday “disappointing and infuriating.”
Lee Seong-hyon, an analyst at the Sejong Institute near Seoul, said: “Trump considers Moon naïve
for insisting on dialogue with North Korea when it keeps conducting missile and nuclear tests.
Moon and Mr. Trump also agreed to “push for maximum pressure and sanctions against North Korea” at the United Nations Security Council, Mr. Park said.
Trump is asking Moon, ‘Are you with us or not?’”
Mr. Trump’s threat to cancel the trade agreement squeezes South Korea on its economy, which is already suffering in part
because of South Korean cooperation with the United States.
If Mr. Trump sees North Korea primarily as a nuclear threat, Mr.
