North Korea remains silent despite President Moon's calls to restart talks
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During his week-long tour of Northern Europe,... President Moon, on multiple occasions, called for the resumption of dialogue between the two Koreas as well as between North Korea and the United States.
As the South Korean leader plays up the possibility of a back-to-back meeting between the North's Kim Jong-un and himself to be followed by his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump later this month... Pyeongyang remains silent.
Even though President Moon has made crystal clear that the ball is now in North Korea's court.
Park Hee-jun has this report.
Throughout his three-nation tour to Northern Europe last week,... President Moon Jae-in expressed optimism toward resuming talks between South and North Korea,... as well as between North Korea and the U.S.
He said efforts to revive dialogue with the North are ongoing,... raising hopes of some kind of a breakthrough.
President Moon repeatedly said that another inter-Korean summit needs to take place within this month.
June 12, 2019 Norway
"President Trump is scheduled to visit South Korea at the end of June. If possible, I think it's desirable that I meet Chairman Kim Jong-un before that. But that is Chairman Kim's decision."
He also called on Pyeongyang and Washington to meet for lower-level talks,... to move forward in their nuclear negotiations.
June 15, 2019 Sweden
"To make concrete steps forward in North Korea-U.S. negotiations,... I believe the two sides need to hold working-level talks first."
But despite the repeated messages, the North is yet to respond.
North Korea appears to be more cautious since its summit with the U.S. in Hanoi ended prematurely.
Attention is on U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun's rare, week-long stay in Seoul next week.
There is a possibility that during his stay, the two sides could sit down for working-level negotiations at Panmunjeom,... which could help denuclearization talks gain momentum.
And with a series of meetings between relevant parties planned during the upcoming G20 Summit in Japan,... the month of June could be a chance to rebuild momentum toward lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula.
But that starts with the North Korean leader's decision.
Park Hee-jun, Arirang News.
As the South Korean leader plays up the possibility of a back-to-back meeting between the North's Kim Jong-un and himself to be followed by his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump later this month... Pyeongyang remains silent.
Even though President Moon has made crystal clear that the ball is now in North Korea's court.
Park Hee-jun has this report.
Throughout his three-nation tour to Northern Europe last week,... President Moon Jae-in expressed optimism toward resuming talks between South and North Korea,... as well as between North Korea and the U.S.
He said efforts to revive dialogue with the North are ongoing,... raising hopes of some kind of a breakthrough.
President Moon repeatedly said that another inter-Korean summit needs to take place within this month.
June 12, 2019 Norway
"President Trump is scheduled to visit South Korea at the end of June. If possible, I think it's desirable that I meet Chairman Kim Jong-un before that. But that is Chairman Kim's decision."
He also called on Pyeongyang and Washington to meet for lower-level talks,... to move forward in their nuclear negotiations.
June 15, 2019 Sweden
"To make concrete steps forward in North Korea-U.S. negotiations,... I believe the two sides need to hold working-level talks first."
But despite the repeated messages, the North is yet to respond.
North Korea appears to be more cautious since its summit with the U.S. in Hanoi ended prematurely.
Attention is on U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun's rare, week-long stay in Seoul next week.
There is a possibility that during his stay, the two sides could sit down for working-level negotiations at Panmunjeom,... which could help denuclearization talks gain momentum.
And with a series of meetings between relevant parties planned during the upcoming G20 Summit in Japan,... the month of June could be a chance to rebuild momentum toward lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula.
But that starts with the North Korean leader's decision.
Park Hee-jun, Arirang News.