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Korea talks: Moon to visit Pyongyang in September

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South Korea is trying to persuade the North to take concrete steps towards nuclear disarmament.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in is to visit the North Korean capital Pyongyang next month to meet the North’s leader, Kim Jong-un.
It will be the first time in more than a decade that a South Korean leader has visited Pyongyang and it comes after cultural and sporting exchanges.
Mr Moon has already met Mr Kim twice this year for summits.
An adviser said the South was trying to persuade the North to take concrete steps towards nuclear disarmament.
“Our government is trying to play role of facilitator,” said Chung-in Moon, special adviser to President Moon.
The two Koreas have developed their relationship since the new year after Mr Kim promised to suspend nuclear missile tests.
This rapprochement helped lead to a summit between Mr Kim and US President Donald Trump in June, and an agreement to denuclearise the Korean peninsula.
However, there has yet to be a breakthrough on that goal.
The North has accused Washington of making gangster-like demands for denuclearisation and criticised South Korea for taking part in US-led sanctions with “blind obedience”.

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