S.Korea appeals for Biden to have 'summit-level' interest in N.Korea talks


Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha at the State Department in Washington, on Nov. 9, 2020. - AP

SEOUL (Reuters): South Korea's foreign minister said on Tuesday (Nov 10) she had raised the need for US President-elect Joe Biden's administration to pay "summit-level" attention to reopen denuclearisation talks with North Korea during meetings in the United States this week.

Kang Kyung-wha met a number of Biden allies in Washington, including Democratic Senators Chris Coons and Chris Murphy and John Allen, chief of the Brookings Institution think tank, after arriving there for talks with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

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