A man walks past missiles displayed at a monument during a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War at the Baengmagoji War Memorial in Cheorwon, near the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) separating north and south Korea. - AFP
SEOUL (AP): South Korea and the United States urged North Korea to implement the disarmament pledges it made in past talks, saying Thursday (Juen 25) the allies will keep pushing for diplomacy aimed at achieving the North’s complete denuclearisation.
A joint statement, issued by South Korean Defence Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo and US Defence Secretary Mark T. Esper, comes a day after North Korea abruptly announced it would suspend steps that would have nullified 2018 tension-reduction deals and further raised animosities on the Korean Peninsula.
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