The Latest: Moon, Trump agree on South Korean missiles

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's trip to Asia (all times local):

5:47 p.m.

South Korea's president says he and President Donald Trump have finalized an earlier agreement to allow South Korea to possess more powerful missiles in the face of growing North Korean threats.

President Moon Jae-in said Tuesday the two have agreed on lifting the warhead payload limits on South Korean ballistic missiles. He says they're also cooperating on strengthening South Korea's defense capabilities through the acquisition or development of advanced weapons systems.

Moon says Trump also reaffirmed the "iron-clad" U.S. security commitment for South Korea during a joint news conference with the American leader on Wednesday.

Trump is in South Korea as the second leg of his first visit to Asia.

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5:46 p.m.

South Korea's leader says he and President Donald Trump have agreed to place maximized pressures and sanctions on North Korea to peacefully defuse a standoff caused by the North's weapons programs.

But President Moon Jae-in says Tuesday that he and Trump also reaffirmed they are ready to provide North Korea with a "bright future" if the country gives ups its nuclear and missile programs.

Moon made the comments after summit talks with Trump at the South Korean presidential office of Blue House on Tuesday. Trump arrived in South Korea earlier Tuesday as the second leg of his first Asian tour.

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5:45 p.m.

President Donald Trump says "good progress" is happening on North Korea as he urges Pyongyang to "come to the table" and "make a deal."

Trump is speaking at a joint news conference in Seoul with South Korea's President Moon Jae-in. Amid rising tensions with North Korea, he says: "it makes sense for North Korea to do the right thing."

The president is not offering specifics on the type of progress being made. But Trump says it "really makes sense for North Korea to come to the table and make a deal." He added that "I do see certain movement," but did not offer specifics.

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4:59 p.m.

President Donald Trump is beginning his two-day Korean peninsula visit walking amid weapons of war but voicing optimism for peace.

His every move will be closely watched from both sides of Korea's demilitarized zone.

Trump has repeatedly delivered combative warnings to Pyongyang as he urged it to abandon its nuclear program.

But as he began his two-day South Korean visit just three dozen miles from the heavily-fortified DMZ, he initially struck a different, more hopeful tone.

He declared that "it always works out. Has to work out."

That echoed the sentiment of his tweet hours earlier, when he left Japan for South Korea, the second stop of his lengthy Asian trip. It is centered on pressuring North Korean dictator Kim Jong to abandon his weapons program.