SEOUL: When South Korea fills a presidential vacuum next month, analysts say the first order of business for its new leader will be to tame Donald Trump’s aggressive approach towards the nuclear-armed North.

The impeachment of former president Park Geun-Hye—who took a hard line on North Korea—forced her out of Seoul’s Blue House, giving the White House free rein in a crisis over Pyongyang’s weapons programme.

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