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South Korea hopes for talks between U.S. and North Korea after Trump downsizes military drills
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South Korea has expressed hope for renewed U.S.-North Korea diplomacy following President Trump's decision to scale back joint military exercises. While Trump cites his relationship with Kim Jong Un as the reason, experts warn that North Korea is unlikely to return to talks without significant concessions.
South Korea on Monday (August 17, 2026) expressed hopes for the resumption of diplomacy between the U.S. and North Korea to ease animosities on the Korean Peninsula, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had ordered annual U.S. military exercises with South Korea to be scaled back.
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