President Lee Jae Myung stressed Monday efforts to induce North Korea to halt its expanding nuclear and missile programs as a realistic short-term goal.

President Lee Jae Myung on Monday said South Korea cannot abandon the goal of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula, but that a phased approach is needed. Saying

South Korea should not give up on North Korea's denuclearisation, President Lee Jae Myung said Monday, as China's President Xi Jinping arrived in Pyongyang for a two-day visit.