John Bolton reveals details of 2018 nuclear diplomacy; S. Korea says facts are distorted

볼턴 "북미정상회담 처음 제안한 사람은 정의용... 트럼프, 김정은과 연합훈련 중단 동의해"Former White House national security advisor John Bolton claims Donald Trump constantly pressed Seoul to pay more for the U.S. troops stationed in South Korea... and told his officials that the troops should leave if the Asian ally fails to pay 5 billion dollars.This and other claims by a former key advisor to the sitting U.S. president are revealed in his upcoming memoir, "The Room Where it Happened."Seoul's top office says the books has facts distorted.Oh Jung-hee reports.Holding the first-ever North Korea-U.S. summit was not North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's idea, but a proposal made by South Korea.That's one of the claims former U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton makes in his White House memoir 'The Room Where It Happened'.Back in March 2018, Seoul's National Security Advisor Chung Eui-yong visited Washington, and extended Kim Jong-un's offer for a summit with Trump, but Bolton has claimed in his new book that Chung later admitted that it was Chung himself who had suggested the idea to Kim.Bolton added,... that South Korean President Moon Jae-in strongly wanted to join in for a trilateral summit with the leaders of North Korea and the U.S. after their bilateral meeting but both North Korea and the U.S. were against it.Bolton also claimed that Trump agreed with Kim Jong-un that South Korea-U.S. joint military drills should be suspended.According to Bolton, at their first summit, Kim Jong-un demanded the drills be reduced in scope or be completely eliminated.Trump answered that there would be no exercises as long as the two sides negotiate in good faith... and said brightly that the North had saved the U.S. a lot of money.Since then, Trump has constantly pressed Seoul to pay more to station U.S. troops in the country.Bolton claims... Trump told his officials that "the war games are a big mistake" and the troops should leave if South Korea fails to pay 5 billion dollars.Seoul's Presidential Office responded to the claims on Monday, saying that the facts in Bolton's book are distorted and based on his own viewpoint... and that the unilateral revelation of the details damages faith.Seoul's National Security Advisor Chung Eui-yong called on the U.S. to take appropriate action.Oh Jung-hee, Arirang News.We again clarify that everything from the memoir are John Bolton's claims at this point and require verification.