President Trump's historic initiative on Korea continues to confound critics and succeed in easing tensions and working toward de-nuclearization, and ultimately open relations and re-unification.  Hours ago, both North and South Korean military units began removing mines from the Demilitarized Zone, usually reckoned to be the largest concentration of land mines in the world. The land mine deployment was the first line of defense for both Koreas against invasion.  This means that removal constitutes an actual, meaningful measure of trust.  It demonstrates that the extensive talks between the two Koreas have produced results, for this move was agreed to earlier.  Hyun-Jin Kim of the Associated Press reports: The agreement to clear mines, the first such effort since the early 2000s, was among a package of tension-easing deals struck by the Koreas' defense chiefs on the sidelines of a leaders' summit last month in...(Read Full Post)