Moon Jae-in wants to work closely with Donald Trump over North Korean problem
Seoul — South Korea’s new president, Moon Jae-in, and US President Donald Trump agreed on "close co-operation" in dealing with North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme, Seoul’s presidential office said. In their first phone call since Moon’s inauguration, the two leaders "agreed on close co-operation in resolving security concerns on the Korean peninsula including North Korea’s nuclear ambitions," the Blue House — the official residence of the South Korean head of state — said in a statement. Calling Pyongyang’s atomic weapons programme a "a difficult problem that can be solved", Trump invited Moon to visit the US "as early as possible", according to the statement. Moon was sworn in on Wednesday, just a day after a landslide election victory following the ousting of his predecessor, Park Geun-hye, over a massive corruption scandal. Moon backs engagement with the nuclear-armed North in the quest for peace — in contrast to the threatening rhetoric from the Trump administration in recen...
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