Unification Minister Chung Dong-young said Monday the government is reviewing sending a special envoy to neighboring countries to help facilitate dialogue between the United States and North Korea.
"(The unification ministry) emphasized the need during its policy briefing to the president, and a review is currently under way," Chung told reporters when asked whether the dispatch of a special envoy was being considered.
During the briefing to President Lee Jae Myung last month, Chung proposed appointing an envoy for "peace on the Korean Peninsula" to mobilize relevant countries' help in reopening U.S.-North Korea talks, as well as inter-Korean dialogue.
Chung remarks came after the Dong-A Ilbo newspaper reported Monday that Chung had been appointed as a Korean Peninsula peace envoy and would travel to China and then the U.S.
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