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still_one

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Thu May 24, 2018, 12:32 PM May 2018

South Korea blindsided by Trump -- and struggling 'to make sense' of his letter

"South Korea was blindsided by President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel an upcoming summit with North Korea.

The U.S. ally was so taken aback by the president’s letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un that South Korean officials are reading and re-reading the letter in an attempt to understand it.
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“We are attempting to make sense of what, precisely, President Trump means,” said Kim Eui-kyeom, spokesman for South Korea’s Blue House."

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/05/south-korea-blindsided-trump-struggling-make-sense-letter/

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South Korea blindsided by Trump -- and struggling 'to make sense' of his letter (Original Post) still_one May 2018 OP
Giving a tongue bath to a dictator thegoose May 2018 #1
They should wait a few days, there might be a completely opposite policy. n/t PoliticAverse May 2018 #2
In summary of the letter underpants May 2018 #3
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