South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol says Seoul has no plans to pursue its own nuclear deterrent in the face of growing North Korean nuclear threats
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's comments oame days after he proposed an “audacious” economic assistance package to North Korea if it abandons its nuclear weapons programme.
Yoon expressed hope for “meaningful dialogue” with North Korea over his plan and stressed that Seoul is willing to provide corresponding economic rewards at each step of a phased denuclearisation process if the North commits to a genuine “roadmap” toward fully abandoning its weapons programme.“What we are saying is that we will provide the things we can in correspondence to their steps if they only show a firm determination .
Inter-Korean ties have worsened amid a stalemate in larger nuclear negotiations between North Korea and the US that derailed in early 2019 because of disagreements over a relaxation of crippling US-led sanctions on the North in exchange for disarmament steps.
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