• Conflicting messages by the Trump administration have deepened confusion over the United States’ strategy for North Korea.

Stephen Bannon, President Trump’s chief strategist, said there was “no military solution” to the nuclear standoff with the North — a remark that appeared to undercut the United States’ top military official, who recently dismissed the possibility of American troop withdrawal from the Korean Peninsula.

In South Korea, President Moon Jae-in, above, is trying to dispel fears at home that the U.S. might carry out a unilateral military strike against the North. We looked at how the previous three U.S. administrations dealt with North Korea.

But as Pyongyang talks tough, our correspondent writes, South Koreans remain largely unmoved.

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