Trump agrees not to hold military drills in South Korea during Olympics

• US president says talks between North and South would be ‘good thing’
• US has previously responded coolly to North Korean offer to talk to South

Donald Trump has called potential talks between North and South Korea “a good thing” and the South Korean presidency said he had agreed there would be no military drills with South Korea during next month’s Winter Olympics.

South Korea’s presidential Blue House said Trump told South Korea’s president, Moon Jae-in, in a telephone call that he hoped inter-Korean talks would lead to good results and that he would send a high-level delegation, including members of his family, to the Winter Olympics, which will be held in South Korea.

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from US news | The Guardian http://ift.tt/2EZ0bp9