Trump reveals exact number of North Korea’s nuclear weapons

The announcement caught South Korean officials off guard, landing on a public holiday marking the country’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule, and set off a scramble in Seoul and Washington, DC.

Trump Pushes for Kim Jong Un Meeting This Year

There is no public record that the two men have directly communicated since they last met more than seven years ago, when Trump crossed into the North Korean Demilitarised Zone in June 2019.

Defence analysts warn scaling back the Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) exercise could weaken the allies’ deterrence posture at a sensitive moment, even as Seoul seeks greater self-reliance in managing security on the Korean peninsula.