Biden Wants North Korea Meeting, South Korea Says Now's the Time to Work for It

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Biden Wants North Korea Meeting, South Korea Says Now's the Time to Work for It
BY TOM O'CONNOR ON 8/3/21 AT 12:00 PM EDT Newsweek

President Joe Biden's administration has offered to meet unconditionally with North Korea, and his ally on the peninsula feels the timing today is right, Newsweek has learned from officials in Washington and Seoul.

Amid an apparent easing of tensions in the region that has emerged over the past week, South Korean President Moon Jae-in's government sees an opportunity to work with the United States to rekindle efforts for peace before he leaves office early next year.

The sudden shift in atmosphere between North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), and South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), came about as both sides announced on July 27 that contact had been reestablished across the Demilitarized Zone that separates them, ending 14 months of silence along these cross-border communication lines...

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1. No love letters like Dotard and Rocket Man?

No love letters like Dotard and Rocket Man?

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