Seoul/Geneva — North Korea has expressed its commitment to "complete denuclearisation" of the Korean peninsula without conditions, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday, as the US vowed to keep "maximum pressure" on Pyongyang. Moon said big-picture agreements about denuclearisation, establishing a peace regime and normalisation of relations between the Koreas and the US should not be difficult to reach through meetings between the North and South, and between the North and the US. "I don’t think denuclearisation has different meanings for South and North Korea. The North is expressing a will for a complete denuclearisation," Moon said during a lunch with CEs of Korean media groups. "They have not attached any conditions that the US cannot accept, such as the withdrawal of US troops from South Korea. All they are talking about is the end of hostile policies against North Korea, followed by a guarantee of security." North Korea has defended its nuclear and missile progra...
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