SEOUL • South Korea’s proposed military talks aimed at easing tension between the two Koreas failed to happen after the North snubbed the call, in a setback for new President Moon Jae In’s hopes for dialogue..
SEOUL • South Korea’s proposed military talks aimed at easing tension between the two Koreas failed to happen after the North snubbed the call, in a setback for new President Moon Jae In’s hopes for dialogue.
The North has remained silent on the South Korean proposal, made on Monday, for talks yesterday to discuss ways to avoid hostilities along their heavily fortified border.
The South’s Red Cross also suggested a meeting on Aug 1 to discuss potential reunions for millions of families separated by the 1950-1953 Korean War.
Mr Moon took office in May pledging to engage the North in dialogue, as well as to bring pressure on it to impede its nuclear and missile programmes.
The proposal for talks came after the North said it conducted its first test of an intercontinental ballistic missile on July 4 and that it had mastered the technology to mount a nuclear warhead on it.
South Korean Defence Ministry spokesman Moon Sang Gyun told a briefing the military talks were practically impossible as the North had not responded.
