Seoul, March 1 (IANS) South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung on Sunday urged North Korea to return to the negotiating table with the United States and join efforts to shape what he called a “new future,” vowing to work with relevant countries to turn the Korean War armistice into a peace regime.Lee made the remarks in his first address marking the March 1 Independence Movement at the COEX exhibition centre in southern Seoul as the nation commemorated the 107th anniversary of the nation’s 1919 ind…
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Seoul, Dec 29 (IANS) The commander of American forces stationed in South Korea said Monday that Seoul “is not simply responding to threats” on the Korean Peninsula, as Washington has urged Seoul and other regional allies to contribute to safeguarding maritime security in the Indo-Pacific. General Xavier Brunson, commander of US Forces Korea (USFK), made the remark at a forum on the alliance with the US, citing the new US National Security Strategy that emphasized the need for Seoul and Tokyo to …