{"id":30717,"date":"2018-10-26T17:55:31","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T12:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=30717"},"modified":"2018-10-26T17:55:31","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T12:25:31","slug":"trump-hails-great-progress-on-korean-nuclear-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/trump-hails-great-progress-on-korean-nuclear-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump hails \u2018great progress\u2019 on Korean nuclear crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-international\/trump-hails-great-progress-on-korean-nuclear-crisis\/article23016371.ece\"><b>Trump hails \u2018great progress\u2019 on Korean nuclear crisis<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S. President Donald Trump hailed \u201cgreat progress\u201d in attempts to resolve the Korean nuclear crisis after the White House said the President accepted an invitation from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for a face to face meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What has happened?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The White House has portrayed the breakthrough as a success of Mr. Trump\u2019s policy of maximum pressure on North Korea, declaring that there will be no let up in pressure and denuclearisation remained the objective of the U.S.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The White House official has said that the terms of a settlement is not on the agenda at the moment, but as and when that stage is reached, inspection and verification of North Korea\u2019s nuclear programme would be part of it.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Backdrop:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a remarkable development that followed unprecedented meetings in Pyongyang, South Korea Delegation had said that North Korea has been willing to talk to USA about giving up its nuclear weapons<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Korean National Security Adviser Chung Eui-Yong told Mr. Trump that Mr. Kim was committed to denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, and no longer objected to joint military exercises by South Korea and the U.S.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He added that North Korea will also refrain from further nuclear and missile testing<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>U.S-South Korean Joint Military Exercise:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea\u2019s willingness to ignore the U.S-South Korean joint military exercises is a climb-down for Pyongyang, and encouraging for Washington.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China has been proposing \u2018freeze for freeze,\u2019 i.e. discontinuation of tests by the North and exercises by the South and the U.S., as an initial step towards a diplomatic breakthrough.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joint exercises are now due; thought dates have not been announced.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Reaction from China:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China has welcomed the decision for talks, saying the nuclear issue is moving in the right direction.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump hails \u2018great progress\u2019 on Korean nuclear crisis Context: U.S. President Donald Trump hailed \u201cgreat progress\u201d in attempts to resolve the Korean nuclear crisis after the White House said the President accepted an invitation from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for a face to face meeting. 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