NUCLEAR NEGOTIATION NUDGES: South Korea and U.S. to resume small scale joint military exercises.

The United States and South Korea will begin small-scale military drills on Monday just days ahead of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meeting with a North Korea official to discuss denuclearization and plans for a second summit between the two countries.

Stay tuned.

BACKGROUND: This column from mid-October mentions the fact that the pause in South Korea-U.S. joint military exercises “is a decision Washington and Seoul could quickly reverse.” You didn’t hear it portrayed that way by the President’s more malign critics.