SEOUL -- Just hours into his second term in the White House, U.S. President Donald Trump spooked security circles in Seoul by formally referring to North Korea as a "nuclear power," breaking all precedents set by Washington and raising the prospect of U.S. reengagement with Pyongyang that might abandon the pursuit of denuclearization on the peninsula.
U.S. President Donald Trump's reordering of foreign and security policy has confounded allies, with his reversal of committed support for Ukraine in its war with Russia stoking debate in South Korea over whether it needs its own nuclear defenses against a hostile North Korea. (Illustration by Yoshiko Kawano)
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