North Korea: Cracks in U.S.-Japan-South Korea alliance start to show

The cracks in the trilateral alliance between the United States, Japan, and South Korea — allies who've shown a united front in hopes of denuclearizing North Korea — are starting to show.

Vice President Mike Pence's tour, which was meant in part to counter the North's outreach to Seoul, has taken a back seat to the highly anticipated meetings between senior North Korean officials and South Korean President Moon Jae-in. Pence's trip began in Japan, stopped in Seoul, and culminated with his visit to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics opening ceremony.

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Moon is expected to meet with Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong on Saturday at the Blue House. And on Friday, before an awkward trilateral photo spray with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Moon and Pence at a welcome reception in Pyeongchang's Olympic village, Moon met with North Korea's ceremonial head of state, Kim Yong Nam.


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