There are high hopes for talks between the US and North Korea on the
matter of ongoing military drills. North Korea’s foreign ministry,
however, has suggested that South Korea might not be welcome to take part in those..
That’s something of a surprise, as South Korea has been eager for
diplomacy with the north, and has been seen in the past as a facilitator
for the process with the US. Yet officials say the talks would be
direct bilateral talks between the US and North Korea.
Trump has suggested that the talks could happen after the upcoming
exercise ends. Trump has said he opposes the US exercises as well, and
that he looks forward to seeing Kim. He added that Kim had offered a
“small apology” for missile tests.
The joint US-South Korea military exercises are often major stressors
for North Korea relations, since they simulate invading North Korea.
North Korean officials have said missile tests were meant to protest the
exercises.
Getting hard to tell which Korea is our ally.
So president Trump is opposed to war exercises as Kim is . I wonder if President Trump is opposed to the sanctions and blockage on Venezuela and Iran too . Just who the hell has been responsible for all these American crimes ? the establishment ? Maybe Obama and Bush were opposed to what went during their administrations too ? I know a lot of us at Antiwar sure were .
I can find no source that SK ground troops are involved in these exercises, and haven’t been since North and South inked the Pyongyang agreement. Everyone in the East knows this, the lack of reporting on the Souths’ non- participation is aimed at the US consumer. I guess the warmongers don’t want us to know the US is on it’s own there. So, since the US exercises dont include South Korea, not much reason for them to be involved in talks concerning them. Yankees go home.
Japan and China have worked out a deal over belt and trade which annoys DC
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ralphjennings/2018/04/17/why-japan-had-to-join-china-in-building-trade-routes-around-asia/#64c289a27175
The North wants the US to be its new security guarantor, dumping the South and Japan. in return it will get rid of its nuclear program and offer nice secure quiet bases which can peer into China’s front window.
the Kim regime wants to survive which it can’t do without a new protector