00:00South Korea has decided to shift its denuclearization-first policy
00:05in favor for a peace-first approach with North Korea.
00:09Unification Minister Cheng Dong-yong says, however,
00:12it will retain its eventual goal of a Korean peninsula that is nuclear-free.
00:19According to Cheng, South Korea is developing a strategy
00:22that would initially seek to freeze North Korea's nuclear program.
00:25He said continued delays would allow Pyongyang to expand its nuclear arsenal.
00:30Formal inter-Korean dialogue has been suspended for the past seven years.
00:35North Korea remained hostile to President Lee Jae-myung,
00:38despite his efforts to ease tensions, including suspending anti-Pyongyang broadcasts.
00:43Pyongyang, however, said it has no interest in resuming dialogue
00:46and has accused Lee of continuing a confrontational policy
00:50by maintaining close ties with the U.S.
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