▲ National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac explains President Lee Jae Myung's attendance at the U.N. General Assembly in New York during a press briefing on Sept. 23, 2025. (Yonhap)

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Lee's N. Korea dialogue initiative seeks mutually reinforcing approach: security adviser

By Kim Eun-jung

NEW YORK, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) --President Lee Jae Myung's "END" initiative on dialogue with North Korea -- exchange, normalization, and denuclearization -- will be pursued as a mutually reinforcing structure, with progress in one area helping to advance the others, National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac said Tuesday.

Wi explained the vision Lee presented during his address to the U.N. General Assembly earlier in the day, describing it as an integrated approach to end confrontation and hostilities on the Korean Peninsula, amid Pyongyang's rejection of Seoul's peace overtures.

"Lee's goal is to resolve the Korean Peninsula issue through a comprehensive approach centered on these principles," Wi said, adding there is no element or sequence among the three elements.

He noted the principles were also emphasized in past inter-Korean agreements and in the 2018 Singapore declaration adopted between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

Wi's remarks came amid cautious hope for a possible resumption of talks between Trump and Kim, who met three times during Trump's first term.

Trump has expressed willingness to resume dialogue with North Korea, while Kim recently said he still has a "good memory" of Trump but urged Washington to drop its demand for denuclearization.

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