What of the North’s nuclear threat to South Korea? Washington could maintain its nuclear umbrella even after withdrawing conventional forces. ... Washington once played an essential role in defending South Korea. Those days are long over. ..…

The former includes South Korea's Moon government and its supporters, North Korea and Trump, while the latter is comprised of the pro- Japanese South Korean elites, Japanese conservatives represented by Abe and Washington hawkish oligarchy composed of military-security-..…