While the South Korean government has downplayed the impact of this week's US midterm elections on Korean peninsula affairs, media and observers here warn that denuclearisation talks may lose steam in the wake of a power shift in the now divided US Congress.
There is also concern over a growing gap between the two security allies - Washington is keeping pressure on Pyongyang while Seoul is pushing for sanctions to be eased to nudge the North towards denuclearisation.
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