Trump and Moon agree to abolish payload limit on South Korean missiles

Phone call follows Trump's criticism of South Korea via social media

Hamish Macdonald September 4, 2017

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U.S. and South Korean Presidents Donald Trump and Moon Jae-in agreed to remove existing limits on the payload weight South Korean missiles are permitted to carry, during a phone call on Monday following the DPRK’s sixth underground nuclear test.

On Sunday, North Korea tested what it said was a hydrogen bomb that can be placed on an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), prompting a flurry of phone calls between world leaders, and an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council (UNSC).

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Hamish Macdonald

Hamish Macdonald is an Associate Fellow at RUSI working on Project SANDSTONE and formerly a journalist and researcher who has focused uniquely on North Korea related topics and affairs. He was previously the COO of the Korea Risk Group, which produces the NK News and NK Pro. Specialising in this area, his investigations covered topics including North Korean sanctions evasion activities, domestic economic development and human rights.

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