Trump will encourage Japan, South Korea ties, allies tell foreign officials

Donald Trump’s allies are assuring officials in Japan and South Korea that the Republican presidential candidate will support a Biden-era effort to deepen three-way ties aimed at countering China and North Korea, five people familiar with the conversations said. In conversations over the past weeks, policy advisers with Trump’s ear have delivered this message to officials in Seoul and Tokyo: if Trump takes office again, the ex-US president will support the two capitals’ work to warm once-frigid ties and advance military, economic and diplomatic cooperation to ease global tensions, the people said. The conversations were described to Reuters by Republicans…