In Seoul, Trump strikes hopeful note on North Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — 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.
