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Trump’s plans for troop reduction in Korea

Knjaz Milos — Mon, 07 May 2018 08:25:52 +0000

As the summit with Kim Jong Un approaches, President Trump has asked for information on how to reduce the number of US military personnel currently stationed in Korea, according to the New York Times. Trump has tried that once before, in January last year, but gave up on the idea after a heated argument with his chief of staff. Several sources, including National security adviser John Bolton, have denied Times’ report, calling it “utter nonsense.” Yet, after the historic meeting between the leaders of North and South Korea last month and the prospects of signing a permanent peace deal, it

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Trump Orders Pentagon to Consider Reducing U.S. Army Presence in South Korea

Knjaz Milos — Fri, 04 May 2018 21:06:31 +0000

According to an order that President Donald Trump issued to Pentagon, they will start the preparation to extract American troops from South Korea. This order was given only a few weeks before the leader of the United States meets with his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un. This action has nothing to do with the meeting of two presidents. But if the negotiations between Trump and Kim go in the right direction, the need for 28,500 US soldiers on the South Korean soil will diminish. The reason why POTUS wants to pull the troops from the south part of the

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Donald Trump Should Win Nobel Prize According To Moon

Knjaz Milos — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 13:05:49 +0000

Donald Trump’s effort to end hostilities between two Korea’s should be rewarded with a Nobel Prize according to South Korean president Moon Jae-In. Trump has been instrumental in trying to persuade North Korea to denuclearize. His efforts to end NK nuclear program didn’t go unnoticed in the south part of the peninsula. The Chief of State in South Korea said: “President Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize. What we need is only peace.” Moon made these statements during the meetings with senior secretaries. The media was briefed by Blue House officials. The first inter-Korean summit in more than ten

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Kim Jong Un Makes History as the First North Korean Leader to Visit the South

Knjaz Milos — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 12:11:34 +0000

In a cheerful atmosphere resembling a family reunion, Kim Jong Un crossed the line in the Demilitarized Zone to become the first North Korean leader to visit South Korea. After 68 years, the Korean War will finally end. The raised concrete slab over which Kim stepped over to enter South Korea has long been a symbol of the divide between the two countries. Dressed in his traditional black suit, North leader seemed relaxed as he shook hands with his counterpart from Seoul Moon Jae-in and invited him to jump over for a visit to the North. Moon Jae-in’s parents were

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Donald Trump and South Korean President will Meet Before Trump-Kim Summit

Knjaz Milos — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 10:08:32 +0000

Donald Trump has accepted Kim Jong-Un’s invitation to meet, and he is the first president to do so. However, before the highly-anticipated meeting, Donald Trump is going to hold his own summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in to discuss what’s to come and prepare for the main event. According to a senior official in Moon’s administration, this meeting will be held in Washington DC, and Moon is supposed to update Trump on the results of the inter-Korean summit that takes place later this week. Kim Jong-Un and Moon Jae-In are going to see each other face-to-face in the demilitarized

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The USA and North Korea – What does Denuclearization mean?

Knjaz Milos — Fri, 20 Apr 2018 13:09:58 +0000

Next week, North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is going to meet with South Korean President Moon Jae-in to discuss different topics one of which is going to be denuclearization. This term has been in the media in recent weeks, and just like many, we are not sure what it means. Is it giving up on the nuclear weapons for? Or destroying all the weapons assembled so far? These are just some of the explanations of the term, but what is it that America wants North Korea to do exactly? The summit was planned, and US President Donald Trump is going

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The United States and South Korea—A Legacy of Foreign Assistance Success

Knjaz Milos — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 11:38:05 +0000

President Obama’s visit to South Korea in April 2014, was considered particularly important for two reasons. First of all, it was to highlight the importance of the alliance between the two countries, and second of all, it was to emphasize its success as one of the greatest achievements in American history when it comes to foreign aid. To be more precise, the fact that South Korea became a global partner with an 11-percent increase in foreign assistance budget says a lot about their success, which, again, implies that the US foreign assistance can contribute to security, as well as economic

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