South Korea pushes for Trump summit with renegade North Korea, seeing opportunity for peace
South Korea pushes for Trump summit with renegade North Korea, seeing opportunity for peace
TL;DR
- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung supports a U.S.-North Korea summit as an opportunity for peace.
- Lee hopes for the resumption of dialogue between Pyongyang and Washington.
- Seoul aims to lay the groundwork for ending the Korean War and transitioning to a peace regime.
- South Korea seeks a stop to North Korea's nuclear and missile capability advances, followed by reductions and eventual denuclearization.
- North Korea, via Kim Yo Jong, has stated its nuclear status is 'absolute' and important for deterrence.