South Korea wants any resumed U.S.-North Korea dialogue to open the way to four-party talks on a peace regime on the Korean Peninsula, with Seoul insisting it must be at the table as a direct stakeholder. Unification Minister Chung Dong-young said renewed Trump-Kim talks would mark a fundamental shift in the deadlock. A senior unification ministry official said bilateral talks should lead to South Korea and China joining a broader peace process. The government also said peace talks should move in parallel with efforts to resolve the nuclear issue.
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at Panmunjeom in the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas in this June 30, 2019 file photo. Reuters-Yonhap
South Korea wants a potential resumption of U.S.-North Korea dialogue to serve as a gateway to broader four-party talks on establishing a peace regime on the Korean Peninsula, stressing that Seoul must have a seat at the table as a direct stakeholder.
Unification Minister Chung Dong-young said renewed talks between Pyongyang and Washington would mark a fundamental shift in the long-running deadlock on the Korean Peninsula.
“While it is too early to draw conclusions, this is more than a passing spark. I feel the tectonic plates of Northeast Asia are beginning to shift,” Chung said Friday.
