South Korean Leader Calls for Freeze on Pyongyang's Nuclear Program
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Lee believes trade-off on sanctions can halt further development of nuclear program by Pyongyang
Washington should not seek to immediately dismantle North Korea's nuclear program, but rather freeze it and offer to ease sanctions in return, the South Korean leader said in an interview with The New York Times.
Seoul. South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has urged the United States to halt North Korea's nuclear program at its current level and ease sanctions on Pyongyang in return for an immediate, complete end to the program. In an interview with The New York Times, he said that while denuclearization is the ultimate goal, making it a precondition for talks would not achieve anything. […] The post South Korea's proposal to halt North Korea's nuclear p…
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung speakings during a press conference at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on September 18, 2026. Ahn Young-joon / POOL / AFP South Korean President Lee Jae Myung believes that Washington should work on a freeze on the North Korean nuclear program rather than on its immediate abolition, and propose a reduction of sanctions in exchange, reported the New York Times.Since his arrival in power in June 2025, Lee …
The President of South Korea said that the United States must work to freeze the North's nuclear program, rather than seek its immediate elimination, in exchange for the relief of sanctions.
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