South Korea’s parliament on Wednesday approved Lee Nak-Yon as the country’s new prime minister, paving the way for President Moon Jae-In to replace ministers appointed by his ousted predecessor Park Geun-Hye. The National Assembly voted 164 to 20 in favor of Lee, a journalist-turned-politician, as new prime minister, amid a ...
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Tuesday that Seoul’s new government intends to bring North Korea to dialogue in addition to the tightened restrictions over Pyongyang’s nuclear program. “But the ultimate goal of our sanctions and pressure is to bring North Korea to the negotiating table over its denuclearization… ...
