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Now is the wrong time for a North Korea-South Korea summit

By Tom Rogan
Published August 14, 2018 3:00pm ET
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Now is the wrong time for a North Korea-South Korea summit
In this May 26, 2018 photo provided on May 27, 2018, by South Korea Presidential Blue House via Yonhap News Agency, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, shake hands before their meeting at the northern side of Panmunjom in North Korea. Kim and Moon met Saturday, May 26, for the second time in a month, exchanging a huge bear hug and broad smiles in a surprise summit at a border village to discuss Kim's potential meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump and ways to follow through on the peace initiatives of the rivals' earlier summit. | (South Korea Presidential Blue House/Yonhap via AP)

Facing North Korea’s unhelpful behavior, President Trump should oppose the upcoming meeting between President Moon Jae-in of South Korea and Chairman Kim Jong Un of North Korea.

Newly scheduled for September, that meeting is contrary to U.S. interests.

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