North Korea Ties at Worst Point in Decades, South Korea Says
- Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo says in Bloomberg interview
- Rules out talks with Pyongyang unless willing to give up nukes
QuickTake: North Korea’s Nukes
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North Korea relations have fallen to their worst point in decades and talks are off the table until Kim Jong Un’s regime is ready to give up its nuclear weapons, South Korea Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo said in an interview.
“It’s been over 20 years since North Korea’s nuclear threats started, and tensions are at their worst,” Hong, who oversees policy on North Korea, said on Thursday in Seoul. “For the time being, the South Korean government’s stance is that the North should show a will to denuclearize,” he said. “That means any dialogue should be based upon denuclearization.”