South Korea president says any talks with North Korea should be more serious

Talks with North Korea should not be for political show but contribute to establishing peace, Qazet.az reports according to South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, speaking at a wide-ranging press conference to mark his first 100 days in office.

Yoon repeated his willingness to provide phased economic aid to North Korea if it ended nuclear weapons development and began denuclearisation, noting that he had called for a dialogue with Pyongyang since his campaign.

"Any dialogue between the leaders of the South and North, or negotiations between main working-level officials, should not be a political show, but should contribute to establishing substantive peace on the Korean peninsula and in Northeast Asia," he said.