SEOUL: US President Donald Trump downplayed on Friday (Saturday in Manila), North Korea’s missile tests, saying that while they might violate a United Nation (UN) resolution, Kim Jong Un would not want to “disappoint” him because he had “too much to lose.”

Underlining his intense personal support for the North Korean leader, Trump fired off three tweets brushing aside the short-range missile launches.

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