7A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2018 WORLD IN BRIEF Associated Press Trump’s vow to end military drills with Seoul stuns a region AP Photo/Evan Vucci President Donald Trump shakes hands with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore. Trump, Kim claim big summit success, but details are scant SINGAPORE — Claiming success at their whirlwind summit, President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un left Singapore today, praising their face-to-face prog- ress toward ridding the Korean Peninsula of nuclear weapons. Yet Trump faced pointed ques- tions at home about whether he got little and gave away. Meeting with staged ceremony on a Singapore island, Trump and Kim had come together for an unprecedented U.S.-North Korea meeting that seemed unthinkable months earlier when the two nations traded insults and nuclear threats. The gathering of the two unpredictable lead- ers marked a striking gamble by the American president to grant Kim long-sought recognition on the world stage in hopes of ending the North’s nuclear program. Both leaders expressed optimism throughout roughly five hours of talks, with Trump thank- ing Kim afterward “for taking the first bold step toward a bright new future for his people.” Kim, for his part, said the leaders had “decided to leave the past behind” and promised: “The world will see a major change.” Soon, Kim was on a plane headed home, while a clearly ebullient Trump held forth for more than an hour before the press on what he styled as a historic achievement to avert the prospect of nuclear war. Along the way, Trump tossed out pronouncements on U.S. alliances, human rights, and the nature of the accord that he and Kim had signed. Then he was off to Guam on the way back to the U.S. The details of how and when the North would denuclearize appear yet to be determined, as are the nature of the unspecified “protections” Trump is pledging to Kim and his government. SINGAPORE — President Donald Trump rocked the region with the stunning announce- ment today that he was halting annual U.S.-South Korean military drills — and wants to remove the 28,500 U.S. troops stationed in the South as a deterrent against North Korea. Trump’s surprise, almost offhand comments, made during a news conference after his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, seem- ingly upended decades of the U.S. defense pos- ture on the Korean Peninsula. The remarks contradicted countless previous declarations by U.S. political and military offi- cials over the years that the drills are routine, defensive and absolutely critical. Trump has now essentially adopted the stan- dard North Korean line, calling the military exercises a “provocative” drain of money and announcing they would stop while he continues talks with Kim, whom he repeatedly praised as a solid negotiating partner. His statement was quickly portrayed by critics as a major, unreciprocated concession to a coun- try that only last year was threatening Seoul and Washington with nuclear war. It also seemed to leave officials completely off guard in South Korea, where the presence of U.S. troops has long been described as necessary to maintaining peace on the peninsula. Seoul’s presidential office told The Associated Press that it was trying to parse Trump’s com- ments. The South Korean military seemed simi- larly surprised. Seattle to repeal homeless-aid tax after Amazon objects SEATTLE — Amazon balked, and Seattle is backing down. City leaders said they plan to repeal a tax on large companies such as Amazon and Starbucks as they face mounting pressure from businesses, an about-face just a month after unanimously approving the measure to help pay for efforts to combat a growing homelessness crisis. The quick surrender showed the power of Amazon to help rally opposition and aggressively push back on taxes at all levels of government, even in its affluent home city where the income gap is ever widening and lower-income workers are being priced out of housing. It has resulted in one of the highest homelessness rates in the U.S. Amazon and other businesses had sharply crit- icized the tax, and the online retailer even tem- porarily halted construction planning on a new high-rise building near its Seattle headquarters in protest. Mayor Jenny Durkan and seven of nine City Council members said Monday they worked with a range of groups to pass a measure last month that would strike a balance between protecting jobs and supporting affordable housing. But a coalition of businesses is working to get a referendum on the November ballot to overturn the tax. In a statement, Durkan and the council mem- bers said “it is clear that the ordinance will lead to a prolonged, expensive political fight over the next five months that will do nothing to tackle our urgent housing and homelessness crisis.” They said they would move forward to repeal the so-called head tax. A special council meet- ing is scheduled today, where a vote is expected. They didn’t provide a backup funding plan. Extreme fire danger forces another national forest to close DENVER — Extreme fire danger prompted officials to shut down a sprawling forest that includes some of Colorado’s most stunning mountains in a region that attracts tourists from around the world, a rare tactic also being used in neighboring states as the U.S. Southwest strug- gles with severe drought. National forests and parks in Arizona and New Mexico have already been shut down as precautions. San Juan National Forest officials in south- western Colorado closed hundreds of miles of trails and thousands of miles of back roads to hik- ers, bikers, horseback riders and campers today to prevent the possibility of an abandoned campfire or any other spark from starting a wildfire. It’s the first full closure of a national forest in Colorado since 2002, which was another very dry year. CL ASSIF IE D M ARK ETPL A CE 104 Special Notices SOLICITATION FOR BIDS and REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS: The City of Astoria’s Parks and Recreation Department is currently seeking bids for landscape maintenance ser- vices at multiple Park prop- erties, bids for janitorial ser- vices at Park restrooms, and is seeking qualified individu- als or businesses to provide Marketing and Communica- tions services for the Depart- ment. Inquiries for all three outreaches can be directed to Jonah Dart-Mclean at jdart@astoria.or.us Do you love libraries? Enjoy history? The Astoria Public Library is conducting Preservation training on June 28, 2018 from 9 am to 3 pm. Training will prepare volunteers to work in the archives located in the library basement. Space is limited to 30 people. Volunteers may call the library at 503-325-7323 or 503-298-2450 to apply and obtain further details. 107 Public Notices Occasionally other companies make telemarketing calls off classified ads. 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