Washington And Many South Koreans Angry Over South Korea's Military Deal With North Korea

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walk during a luncheon, in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 21, 2018. KCNA via REUTERS/File Photo

Andrew Salmon, Asia Times: North-South military deal has alarm bells ringing

Washington is angry Seoul is lowering its defenses too fast, Joint Chiefs hint at reduced capabilities and a retired general launches a petition.

A brouhaha is brewing in Seoul, as both Washington and retired local generals express indignation about military agreements struck between North and South Korea at last month’s summit in Pyongyang.

In transpires that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called his South Korean counterpart Kang Kyung-wha and – in a controversy that is getting maximum airplay in local media – may have used expletives when he learned the contents of the deal.

That follows the undiplomatic language US President Donald Trump employed on Wednesday when he slapped down Kang after she floated trial balloons regarding the easing of sanctions on North Korea.

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WNU Editor: The U.S. is not happy .... Pompeo 'Protested Against Seoul's Agreements with N.Korea' (Chosun Ilbo), a fact that the South Koreans are acknowledging .... South Korea admits US ‘discontent’ over military pact agreed with Kim Jong-un (SCMP/Reuters). As for South Korean President Moo, he is now pushing this .... South Korea's Moon optimistic about end to Korean War (BBC).

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