Foreign Relations

Pence claimed a renewed U.S. leadership under Trump

A change of thinking by the Truman administration led to a change of direction that altered the course of history in northeast Asia

In August of 1945, the relationship between the U.S. and Japan was epoch-definingly bad

North Korea and South Korea are technically still at war

The phrase dates to 1946 but the idea is older

The U.S. has only agreed to suspend military exercises with South Korea once before