South Korea’s Moon Jae-in calls for restart of stalled inter-Korean talks

South Korean President Moon Jae-in called on North Korea to resume stalled denuclearisation talks on Friday, saying Seoul was willing to meet anytime and anywhere to discuss ways to implement past agreements reached between the two sides..

The call came as the two Koreas prepare to mark the anniversary of a historic summit between Moon and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un last year, at which they agreed to work towards denuclearisation and a formal end to the 1950-53 Korean War..

But progress has stalled since a second summit in February in Hanoi, Vietnam, collapsed, with Washington demanding Pyongyang give up its nuclear weapons programme first, while North Korea wants relief from sanctions..

In a speech to mark the anniversary of the country’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule, Moon said South Korea would .

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