President Lee Stresses Dialogue with North Korea in UN Speech
Sep 25
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News Summary
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung unveiled the "END" initiative at the U.N. General Assembly, calling for dialogue centered on Exchange, Normalization, and Denuclearization to end hostility on the Korean Peninsula.
He emphasized pragmatic and long-term approaches to North Korea’s nuclear issue while affirming respect for Pyongyang’s system and rejecting unification by absorption.
The proposal comes despite Kim Jong Un’s recent rejection of inter-Korean engagement and talks on denuclearization.
Commentary
Lee’s address at the U.N. exposes the true character and underlying agenda of his administration.
History has already proved that Kim Jong Un will never abandon his nuclear arsenal, yet the South Korean government continues to promote this unrealistic goal under the banner of “denuclearization” and “peace.”
The truth is that Seoul knows Pyongyang will not give up its nukes. The real motive lies elsewhere: President Lee and many in his administration share a worldview more aligned with North Korea and China than with allies of the free world.
Their pursuit of dialogue is less about genuine denuclearization and more about creating space for North Korea to be tacitly accepted by the U.S. and the international community as a nuclear state.
This is the same playbook former President Moon Jae In used when he sought to persuade President Trump to meet Kim Jong Un.
But in his second term, Trump is unlikely to be deceived again by South Korea’s pro-North Korea agenda.
