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| U.S. President Donald Trump |
Talk of 'appeasement' with N. Korea will not work
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that talk of "appeasement" with North Korea will not work, after the communist country carried out its sixth nuclear test.
In a series of tweets, Trump said the latest test that came earlier in the day proved the North continues to be dangerous to the U.S., threatens and embarrasses China, and that South Korea's efforts to engage with Pyongyang are fruitless.
"North Korea has conducted a major Nuclear Test," he said. "Their words and actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous to the United States."
Trump then added, "North Korea is a rogue nation which has become a great threat and embarrassment to China, which is trying to help but with little success."
Indicating a policy rift with Seoul, he went on to say, "South Korea is finding, as I have told them, that their talk of appeasement with North Korea will not work, they only understand one thing!"
Washington's first reaction came about eight hours after tremors were detected near the North's main nuclear test site in northeastern Punggye-ri. Pyongyang announced afterward that it had successfully tested an H-bomb for its intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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| South Korean President Moon Jae-in |
Seoul emphasizes peninsula peace in response to Trump's 'appeasement' rebuke
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Sunday it will continue to push for the denuclearization of North Kora through peaceful means in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's tweet that accused Seoul of talking about "appeasement."
"Korea is a country that experienced a fratricidal war. The destruction of war should not be repeated in this land," the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said in a statement.
"We will not give up and will continue to push for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula through peaceful means working together with our allies," President Moon Jae-in's office said.
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