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President Park Geun-hye and US President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday reconfirmed the partnership between the two nations, jointly recognizing the need to maintain a powerful defense system on the peninsula against North Korea.

In a telephone conversation which lasted for some 10 minutes, Trump repeatedly underlined that Washington is with Seoul “all the way,” according to Cheong Wa Dae.

“The Korea-US alliance has built up trust over the past 60 years and laid the foundation of peace and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region,” Park told Trump, after expressing congratulations over his election victory.

“I hope that (we) continue to reinforce and develop our alliance in various sectors for the sake of mutual interest.”