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 by AFP Staff Writers Washington (AFP) May 11, 2022
The United States on Wednesday voiced support for South Korea's new president's outreach to North Korea and reiterated that it was ready to talk to Pyongyang on rising tensions. President Yoon Suk-yeol, a conservative expected to take a harder line on the North, in his inaugural address Tuesday called on his neighbor's leaders to give up nuclear weapons in return for economic aid. "We have a new partner -- a new president -- in South Korea that is determined, working with the United States, to be very clearly engaged in deterring and sending a strong message of partnership between Seoul and Washington," said Kurt Campbell, the top White House official on Asia. "And on that basis, I think we're prepared for any kind of diplomacy or engagement with North Korea," he said at the US Institute of Peace. Campbell acknowledged that North Korea has not responded to outreach by President Joe Biden's administration for dialogue. "Recently we've seen a number of steps -- military steps -- and tests that we view as provocative," Campbell said. The United States said last week that it saw signs North Korea could be planning a nuclear test, its first since 2017. Yoon's predecessor Moon Jae-in pursued a policy of engagement with Pyongyang, brokering summits between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and then US president Donald Trump. But the talks produced no lasting agreement and North Korea has shown little interest in dialogue with lower-ranking US officials under Biden.
South Korea's Yoon calls on North to trade nukes for aid Seoul (AFP) May 10, 2022 South Korea's new leader Yoon Suk-yeol on Tuesday called on the North to give up its nuclear weapons in exchange for massive economic aid, describing Pyongyang's missiles as a threat to regional and global security. Yoon, 61, who started work in an underground bunker with a briefing on North Korea, takes office at a time of high tensions on the peninsula, with Pyongyang conducting a record 15 weapons tests since January, including two launches last week. The former prosecutor, who won the electi ... read more
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