Trump must ensure denuclearization precedes peace treaty with North Korea

With his historic meeting Tuesday in Singapore with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, U.S. President Donald Trump has begun a high-stakes venture to end decades of hostility with North Korea and remove its nuclear and missile threats against the United States and allies South Korea and Japan.With Kim pledging to work toward the "complete" denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and Trump committing to provide security guarantees to North Korea, Pyongyang is likely to step up its calls for replacing a Korean War armistice with a peace treaty that would formally end the 1950-1953 conflict."Wh…READ FULL ARTICLE