As divisions grow among Republicans over military actions, a Korean-American leader suggests President Trump's approach is influenced by 'new neocons.' Concerns are raised that his 'destroy-and-deal' strategy could be applied to North Korea.

As a rift widens among Republicans over US-Israeli air strikes on Iran, a top Korean-American leader said Seoul must recognise that President Donald Trump is heavily influenced by a faction he calls “new neocons”. Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson broke sharply with the president in a Wall Street Journal interview on Saturday, calling him a “slave” to hawkish interventionists willing to deploy military force. Kim Dong-seok, the 68-year-old head of the Korean American Grassroots Conference,...