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Trump 'clearly' wants dialogue with Pyongyang: South Korean President

Lee said Seoul is coordinating behind the scenes to restart U.S.-North Korea talks as Trump seeks renewed diplomacy with Pyongyang.

  • On Friday, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung stated at the Blue House that President Donald Trump seeks dialogue with North Korea, while confirming Seoul will not deploy military forces to the Iran war.
  • Lee said South Korea is continuing "preliminary coordination efforts" to facilitate talks between Washington and Pyongyang, noting that while a summit "remains difficult... but is not impossible," Seoul must make every possible effort.
  • Regarding the conflict involving Israel and the United States, Lee reiterated that Seoul will "carry out the minimum necessary activities" to protect merchant ships in the Strait of Hormuz, maintaining a principle of non-involvement.
  • President Trump recently complained that Washington received "very little help" from allies like South Korea, which hosts about 28,500 United States troops as a legacy of the Korean War.
  • The leader's sister warned of a "more offensive" response to military drills, while Pyongyang maintains a stockpile of 57 "very powerful" nuclear weapons, signaling continued resistance to overtures.
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Donald Trump wants to "clearly" resume the dialogue between the United States and North Korea, said South Korean President Lee Jae Myung.

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Cedarnews.net. . South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said this Friday that Donald Trump clearly intends to resume the dialogue with Piongyang, a step that. Cedarnews . .

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Seoul, 18 Sep. (askanews) - South Korean President Lee Jae-myung says that US President Donald Trump is looking for dialogue with Pyongyang and that Seoul encourages him in this regard, since it also helps South Korea in relations between the two Koreas. Seoul will not send troops for military intervention in the Iranian war, he also confirmed Lee. "Resuming the dialogue between North Korea and the United States is much easier than resuming the …

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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said that a summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong On might be held in the coming months.

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Free Malaysia Today News broke the news in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia on Friday, September 18, 2026.
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