In a vaguely worded agreement signed at their unprecedented summit Tuesday in Singapore, U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inked what Trump said was a “comprehensive document” declaring that Kim’s regime would “work towards the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula” while committing to a “lasting and stable peace.”
In exchange, Trump committed to provide “security guarantees” to Kim — including a halt to joint military exercises — as the two nations agreed to establish new relations “in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity.”
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KEYWORDS
China,
Shinzo Abe,
U.S.,
North Korea,
Kim Jong Un,
Nuclear weapons,
South Korea,
North Korea nuclear crisis,
North Korea-Japan relations,
Donald Trump,
Moon Jae-in
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