SEOUL (REUTERS) - South Korea's chief nuclear negotiator will visit officials in Washington on Thursday (June 18) amid flaring tensions with North Korea after Pyongyang blew up an inter-Korean liaison office and threatened military action.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SEOUL - South Korea's chief nuclear negotiator will visit officials in Washington on Thursday amid flaring tensions with North Korea after Pyongyang blew up an inter-Korean liaison office and threatened military action.
South Korea's Foreign Ministry declined to comment. South Korea's presidential press secretary said Mr Lee's trip had been planned for a long time, dismissing media reports that he was visiting as a special envoy. Tensions have grown, with Pyongyang taking issue over defectors in the South sending propaganda leaflets into North Korea.
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