South Korea’s New President Offers Economic Help to North
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South Korea’s new President Yoon Suk-yeol has offered North Korea an economic assistance plan in exchange for giving up its nuclear weapons program.
Yoon made the offer Tuesday during a speech at his official swearing-in ceremony in Seoul. He said his government is ready to work with the international community to present “an audacious plan” to resolve North Korea’s nuclear threat.
Yoon is beginning his five-year term after North Korea launched a series of missile tests in recent months.
During his campaign, Yoon promised to take a stronger position on North Korea than former president Moon Jae-in. Yoon said he wants to strengthen South Korea’s 70-year military alliance with the United States. And he wants to build up South Korea’s own missile program to defend against North Korean threats.
South Korea’s new President
Yoon
Suk-yeol
has offered
North
Korea an economic assistance plan in exchange for giving up its nuclear weapons program.
Yoon
made the offer Tuesday during a speech at his official swearing-in ceremony in Seoul. He said his
government
is ready to work with the international community to present “an audacious plan” to resolve
North
Korea’s nuclear threat.
Yoon
is beginning his five-year term after
North
Korea launched a series of missile
tests
in recent months.
During his campaign,
Yoon
promised to take a stronger position on
North
Korea than former president Moon Jae-in.
Yoon
said he wants to strengthen South Korea’s 70-year military alliance with the United States. And he wants to build up South Korea’s
own
missile program to defend against
North
Korean threats.
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