INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS
South Korea to seek exemptions for projects with the North
North Korea has been demanding the US take "corresponding measures" to its "good-will gestures"
Seoul -South Korean foreign minister Kang Kyung-wha says her government will seek exemptions from international sanctions against North Korea to pursue "various" projects with North Korea’s Pyongyang. Kang told reporters in Seoul that US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo would discuss an end-of-war declaration and other offers the US could make North Korea as it attempted to advance the stalled nuclear negotiations. North Korea has been demanding the US take "corresponding measures" to its "good-will gestures" such as halting its nuclear or missile tests since last year. Kang’s comments came ahead of Pompeo’s expected fourth visit to North Korea on Sunday, where he is due to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on a possible second summit with President Donald Trump. "Our stance is that we will continue to abide by the sanctions against North Korea and continue collaborating with North Korea without undermining the frame of the international sanctions," Kang said. Foreign ministry s...
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