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

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.