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Ivanka concludes S.Korea visit, hopes to return

March 01, 2018 20:02·
Controversial North Korean official arrives in South Korea, amid fierce protest

Controversial North Korean official arrives in South Korea, amid fierce protest

"The door for dialogue with the United States is open", he told South Korea's chief presidential security adviser Chung Eui-yong on Monday.

"We will see if Pyongyang's message today, that it is willing to hold talks, represents the first steps along the path to denuclearization", it said.

President Donald Trump remains committed to denuclearizing the peninsula, and his "maximum pressure campaign" against North Korea will continue until it abandons its nuclear and missile programs.

According to his office, Moon asked for China's support for US-North Korea talks, and Liu responded that China would help facilitate them.

North and South Korea officials are meeting once more to talk about the North's potential participation in the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Paralympics.

Fierce protests contined throughout the early hours of Sunday in South Korea near the inter-Korean border, condemning the arrival of a high-ranking North Korean official believed to be responsible for the sinking of a South Korean ship.

"It is important so that the USA and North Korea may sit down face-to-face", he added.

He is now head of United Front Department, a unit of the Workers' Party of Korea's that is in charge of relations with the South.

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He made the remarks during a meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who is eager to engage the North after one of the most hostile periods in recent years on the Korean Peninsula.

Kim Yong Chol and his delegation will leave on Tuesday, just as North and South Korean officials gather on the North's side of the Panmunjom truce village to discuss Pyongyang's attendance at the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics.

There is also speculation that the Pyongyang officials will engage with a US delegation led by Ivanka Trump, SBS reported.

Ministry spokesman Baik Tae-hyun told reporters on Wednesday the the government has until March 15th to make a decision on the request by South Korean companies which had operated at the Gaeseong Industrial Complex in the North.

Al Jazeera correspondent Rob McBride said that despite the rapprochement by North Korea over the last few weeks, the country has not changed its stance on its nuclear programme.

"If talks are to proceed, the subject has to be addressed", he said.

The invitation comes days after the United States announced it would implement new sanctions on North Korea, in what it calls the "heaviest sanctions ever" in an attempt to prevent North Korea from further developing its nuclear programme.

Originally, a meeting between the United States and North Korea was planned for the opening ceremony, which was attended by Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un.

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