The South Korean leader said the world should act in “lockstep” against the DPRK
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has urged China to step up pressure on Pyongyang to denuclearize, warning that escalating tensions with the North will only fuel an arms build-up in the region and encourage outside intervention by the United States.
As a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, China has a duty to push North Korea to give up its nuclear arsenal and encourage regional stability, Yoon told Reuters on Monday, saying UN states should “respond consistently and in lockstep with each other.”
“What is sure is that China has the capability to influence North Korea, and China has the responsibility to engage in the process,” he said, adding that denuclearization is in Beijing’s own interest.
The president argued that simmering hostilities on the Korean peninsula were driving up military spending across the region and beyond, saying…
