Posted : 2021-05-24 17:26 By Yang Moo-jin
Last week in Washington, D.C, leaders of both the Republic of Korea and the United States reaffirmed the rock-solid cooperation between the two countries. I hope the summit will be the gateway to restart the US-North Korea dialogue to make progress for peace on the Korean Peninsula.
Along with the Korean Peninsula peace initiative, North Korean human rights issues are something that should not be overlooked. The U.S. State Department announced that the U.S. will deal with North Korea s nuclear weapons and human rights issue together.
Since Biden s diplomacy and national security policy centers around human rights and democratic values, this is not a surprise. However, from the point of view of Korea, a country directly involved with Korean Peninsula issues, we are tasked with having to get the U.S. to resolve denuclearization and human rights through a diplomatic and pragmatic approach. There are three things that the Korean government
Inter-Korean cooperation instrumental for settling nuclear issue
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President Moon Jae-in speaks at a weekly Cabinet meeting at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae on Tuesday. CHEONG WA DAETHE KOREA HERALD
Moon: It’s time to talk with North Korea
Thu, 29 April 2021
South Korean President Moon Jae-in on April 27 reaffirmed his will to restore the collapsed diplomacy with Pyongyang in marking the third anniversary of his historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
“The Panmunjeom Declaration is a milestone for peace that no one can undermine,” he said during a weekly Cabinet meeting, referring to the landmark deal that was signed by the two leaders on April 27, 2018. “The path for peace, promised in the declaration, should not be reversed under any circumstances.”