South Korea’s Moon Says Trump Deserves ‘Big’ Credit for North Korea Talks

South Korea’s Moon Says Trump Deserves ‘Big’ Credit for North Korea Talks
South Korean President Moon Jae In attends his New Year news conference at the Presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Jan. 10, 2018. Reuters/Kim Hong Ji
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SEOUL–South Korean President Moon Jae In credited U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday for helping to spark the first inter-Korean talks in more than two years, and warned that Pyongyang would face stronger sanctions if provocations continued.

The talks were held on Tuesday on the South Korean side of the demilitarized zone, which has divided the two Koreas since 1953, after a prolonged period of tension on the Korean peninsula over the North’s missile and nuclear programs.