Why South Korea is powerless to revive Trump-Kim nuclear talks

10/12/2025
Why South Korea is powerless to revive Trump-Kim nuclear talks

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Episode Synopsis

South Korea’s recent moves to lower tensions with Pyongyang – from removing its propaganda loudspeakers to downplaying the North’s human rights record – may ease frictions on the peninsula, but analysts say they are unlikely to help restart stalled denuclearisation talks between North Korea and the US.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un continues to spurn engagement with US President Donald Trump, while Washington appears to have shifted its focus away from curbing Pyongyang’s expanding nuclear...

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