Talks to end the 1950-53 Korean War would require negotiations involving the main combatants: North and South Korea, China and the United States. “We would like to think about how we respond to the current statement, analyzing and comparing it with the past statement,” Mr. Abe said. Of all the North’s neighbors, Japan is perhaps the most uneasy about the process that began at the inter-Korean summit meeting. “Kim Jong-un has to leave some gifts for Trump,” Mr. Cheng said. If North Korea holds a nuclear weapon, it will not hit South Korea.

Source: New York Times April 28, 2018 12:46 UTC