President Moon: "Sanctions on North Korea Aim for Denuclearization"

[Asia Economy Reporter Yang Nak-gyu] President Moon Jae-in stated, "The goal of sanctions against North Korea is not the sanctions themselves, but to lead North Korea toward denuclearization."

On the 14th, President Moon held a New Year's press conference under the theme "Definite Change, Republic of Korea 2020" at the Blue House State Guest House, saying, "If North Korea takes practical steps toward denuclearization, the United States and the international community should also take corresponding measures," and added, "North Korea and the U.S. agree in principle on reciprocal measures, but due to conditions, the process has reached a deadlock."

President Moon continued, "To break through this deadlock, South Korea and the U.S. need to come up with ideas through dialogue, which can promote dialogue between North Korea and the U.S. as well as broaden international support for exceptions to sanctions against North Korea."

This was President Moon's third New Year's press conference. Unlike previous years, since he delivered a New Year's address on the 7th, the conference proceeded without a separate New Year's speech, starting with a brief opening remark of about three minutes followed by a Q&A session. The questions from reporters were divided into three topics?politics and society, livelihood and economy, and diplomacy and security?without pre-selecting questioners.

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