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South Korea says Trump promises to keep alliance
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A man watches a TV screen showing pictures of US President-elect Donald Trum (right) and South Korean President Park Geun-hye at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. (AP/Ahn Young-joon)
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outh Korea says President-elect Donald Trump has promised to maintain the countries' strong alliance to guard against what he describes as "the instability in North Korea."
President Park Geun-hye's office says Trump made the comments while saying he believes North Korea is very unstable during a 10-minute telephone conversation with Park on Thursday.
Park's office quotes Trump as saying the United States "will be steadfast and strong with respect to working with [South Korea] to protect against the instability in North Korea."
A statement from Park's office says Trump told Park "we are going to be with you 100 percent" when Park proposed strengthening the alliance to make the North Korean leadership change its way of thinking.
There have been worries in South Korea that a Trump presidency could bring a major shift in US economic and diplomatic ties with Seoul. Trump has questioned the value of the US-South Korea security alliance.
