SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) – North Korea has a last chance to engage in dialogue with the outside world, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Monday (July 3) during a meeting with former United States president Barack Obama, Moon’s office said.
Obama is visiting Seoul this week to speak at a forum hosted by South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo newspaper, where, earlier on Monday, he said North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear weapons had “done nothing to secure the North Korean people”.
Moon later briefed Obama on his summit with incumbent US President Donald Trump last week, an aide at South Korea’s presidential Blue House, Yoon Young-chan, told a media briefing.
North Korea has been relentlessly developing its nuclear weapons and missiles to carry them since the beginning of last year, ignoring the threat of yet more United Nations sanctions and US military maneuvering.