April 19, 2024
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U.S. policy not ‘strategic patience’: ambassador

New envoy to Seoul tells paper U.S. ready for talks once Pyongyang is ready

The new U.S. Ambassador to Seoul on Friday denied that Washington’s stance on North Korea amounts to “strategic patience.”

Mark Lippert, who recently took up the ambassadorial post from Sung Kim, said that there is a great deal of activity going on out of public view.

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