North Korea shrugs off Trump's scaled-back drills with South Korea, saying it changes nothing

The development

North Korea shrugs off Trump's scaled-back drills with South Korea, saying it changes nothing AP News

Why north matters

This development in north, korea, shrugs, trump, scaled matters because it alters the baseline assumptions that AP News and others have been working from.

What led here

AP News notes that this did not emerge in isolation; pressures have been building around north.

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The editorial angle

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