Trump’s midterm defeat dims hopes of North Korea meeting

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SEOUL: A meeting between Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appears increasingly unlikely when the US president travels to Asia in November, analysts say, after he suffered a crushing midterm election defeat. Trump had said he “may” meet Kim this month and that it “would be exciting”, but appeared to backtrack in October, saying, “I don’t know… I’m not sure that anybody’s asking for a meeting,” while adding that his “relationship with Kim Jong Un is very good.” Trump’s focus on Kim and his scaling back of joint US-South Korean military drills have alarmed Asian allies, while…

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