South Korea

SOUTH Korea’s new president took office yesterday, calling on North

Korea to “genuinely” move toward denuclearisation even as Pyongyang shows signs of preparing for a new nuclear test. Yoon Suk-yeol, 61, offered to work with the international community to craft an “audacious plan” to improve North Korea’s economy in return for denuclearisation. Yoon’s offer comes as US, South Korean and Japanese officials warn that Pyongyang is gearing up for its seventh nuclear test. Yoon will meet US President Joe Biden next week when he visits Seoul. |