Kim’s Historic Korea Peace Push Leaves Nuclear Question to Trump

  • Deal between North, South Korea gives few details on nukes
  • Previous deals have broken down over weapons inspections
William Rhodes, president and CEO at William R. Rhodes Global Advisors, discusses the Korea summit.(Source: Bloomberg)
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Kim Jong Un’s historic call for peace also included an unspoken message to U.S. President Donald Trump: North Korea won’t surrender its nuclear weapons easily.

The agreement Kim reached Friday with South Korean leader Moon Jae-in declared “a new era of peace” and sought a formal end to the seven-decade-old Korean War. While it said both countries committed to a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula, it gave no details on concrete steps to achieve it.