Seoul and Washington's top nuclear envoys reiterated the need to resume diplomatic talks with North Korea, despite several recent setbacks to U.S.-North Korea and inter-Korean relations.
Lee Do-hoon, special representative for Korean peninsula peace and security affairs, spoke with Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun by phone on Wednesday morning to touch base on the state of negotiations, according to a press release from South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA).
Seoul and Washington's top nuclear envoys reiterated the need to resume diplomatic talks with North Korea, despite several recent setbacks to U.S.-North Korea and inter-Korean relations.
Lee Do-hoon, special representative for Korean peninsula peace and security affairs, spoke with Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun by phone on Wednesday morning to touch base on the state of negotiations, according to a press release from South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA).
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Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency’s Seoul bureau.