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Trump Floats Potential Meeting with North Korea Leader Kim Jong Un During Asia Trip
- •President Donald Trump stated he might meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his upcoming trip to Asia next month.
- •Trump is scheduled to travel to the region and meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Shenzhen, China.
- •The potential meeting comes as North Korea continues to ratchet up regional tensions with a series of recent ballistic missile tests.
- •Trump and Kim met three times during Trump's first presidential term, though those historical discussions did not result in diplomatic breakthroughs.
- •The renewed outreach coincides with delicate diplomatic moments in US-South Korea relations regarding trade disagreements and security cooperation.
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President Donald Trump stated that he might meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his upcoming trip to Asia, describing the prospect as exciting and noting that he gets along with him. The two leaders previously met three times during Trump's first term.
North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles off its east coast, marking its fourth ballistic missile test in about a month. State media reported that the latest launch featured a tactical ballistic missile with a new technical upgrade designed to improve overall offensive performance.
The US and South Korea have been at odds over trade and security after Trump threatened trade penalties over a liquefied natural gas project in Alaska and ordered the Pentagon to scale back joint military exercises.
