The Straits Times

SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – The US is increasing pressure on South Korea to cooperate to enhance its advanced missile defence system, which it deployed here in 2018 to cope with rising military threats from North Korea.

The move might further complicate efforts by President Moon Jae-in’s government to gain Washington’s support for inter-Korean projects.

The US remains opposed to Mr Moon’s recent suggestion that Seoul consider allowing South Korean citizens to make individual trips to the North.

Officials in the Moon administration have said individual trips would not violate the US-led international sanctions imposed on Pyongyang in response to its nuclear and ballistic missile tests.

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