South Korea 'won't ease sanctions on North,' says Moon
Visitors take pictures in front of banners placed on a barbed wire fence with messages wishing for the reunification of the two Koreas at the Imjingak Pavilion in Paju, South Korea near the border with North Korea, yesterday. Photo: Ahn Young-joon / AP.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said yesterday that sanctions on North Korea will not be eased for the sake of a summit between the two sides as Chinese state media repeated Beijing's line that talks are the only way to end the nuclear standoff.
South Korean officials met North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Monday in the first such encounter of its kind, and said he had expressed his willingness to denuclearise if his country's security is assured.
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