South Korean President Lee Jae Myung Lee says the country remains committed to an international push to denuclearize North Korea and urged Pyongyang to resume dialogue with Washington and Seoul.

South Korea’s new liberal President, Lee Jae Myung, said Friday he will seek to restore a 2018 military agreement with North Korea aimed at reducing border tensions and urged Pyongyang to respond to Seoul’s efforts to rebuild trust and revive dialogue.

Speaking on the 80th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule, Lee’s overture came amid soaring tensions fuelled by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s nuclear ambitions and deepening ties with Russia over the war in Ukraine.

The 2018 military agreement, reached during a brief period of diplomacy between Kim and South Korea’s

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