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ABCDEFG SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) -- Noh Kyu-duk, South Korea's new chief nuclear negotiator, spoke by phone Tuesday with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun in the first talks since his appointment this week, the foreign ministry said. The former presidential secretary for peace planning was named Monday to replace Lee Do-hoon as the special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs. Biegun, who doubles as the top U.S. nuclear envoy for North Korea, congratulated Noh on taking the post and reaffirmed Washington's commitment to resuming dialogue with Pyongyang...

Presidential secretary for peace planning tapped as new chief nuclear envoy | This undated photo shows Noh Kyu-duk, South Korea's new chief nuclear negotiator. (Yonhap) South Korea replaced its chief nuclear envoy Monday, naming a seasoned diplomat and presidential aide to take on the job, as the country prepares to work with the incoming US administration of Joe Biden to move the stalled nuclear talks with North Korea forward. Noh Kyu-duk, a career diplomat serving as presidential secretary for peace planning, was named to replace Lee Do-hoon as the special representative for Korean Penins...

South Korea picks new nuclear envoy to work with North Korea and the US Noh Kyu-duk to replace Lee Do-hoon, who served as Seoul’s top nuclear envoy since Sept. 2017 SHARE Image: Noh Kyu-duk | MOFA Twitter @mofa_kr South Korea announced the country’s new nuclear envoy on Monday. The envoy will work as a counterpart to U.S. Secretary Deputy of State Stephen Biegun and will be in charge of diplomacy related to North Korean denuclearization. Noh Kyu-duk, a top presidential Blue House official, will replace Lee Do-hoon as the special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affai...

US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun, Washington’s point man on North Korea, on Thursday urged Pyongyang to return to denuclearization talks, stressing that diplomacy is the “only” and “best” way. Biegun, who is in Seoul this week to meet with officials here, delivered a lecture at a local think tank reflecting on his more than two-year stint of spearheading the talks to denucle...

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy US Secretary of State Stephen Biegun has urged North Korean leaders to return to talks on denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, the US State Department said Wednesday.