Worry about US-SKorea alliance grows before Trump-Kim summit
(World News USA)

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - As President Donald Trump seeks a nuclear deal with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un next week in Vietnam, some in Seoul are wondering if the fate of Washington`s decades-long military alliance with South Korea could be at stake. Much of this worry is linked to Trump`s repeated assertions that the U.S. military deployment in South Korea is too costly, and to his surprise suspension of some U.S. military exercises with South Korea - including a major summertime drill - as a concession to Kim after their first summit in Singapore last year. Added to this concern are policies by South Korea`s liberal President Moon Jae-in that critics say favor engagement with North...