{"id":13528,"date":"2026-01-07T19:41:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T19:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/south-koreas-lee-urges-xi-to-mediate-north-korea-nuclear-freeze-talks\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T19:41:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T19:41:05","slug":"south-koreas-lee-urges-xi-to-mediate-north-korea-nuclear-freeze-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/south-koreas-lee-urges-xi-to-mediate-north-korea-nuclear-freeze-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea\u2019s Lee urges Xi to mediate North Korea nuclear freeze talks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SHANGHAI, Jan 7 —  South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said today he had urged Chinese leader Xi Jinping to help him curb Pyongyang’s nuclear programme and suggested a freeze in its development of weapons of mass destruction was “feasible” with the right conditions.<\/p>\n

Lee’s visit this week was the first by a South Korean leader to China in six years, with Seoul seeking a broad reset in relations with its largest trading partner as well as help with the recalcitrant North.<\/p>\n

He met with Xi in Beijing on Monday—a day after the nuclear-armed North fired two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan.<\/p>\n

Speaking to journalists in Shanghai as he wrapped up the visit, he said he had urged Beijing’s help in bringing Pyongyang back to the negotiating table.<\/p>\n

He told Xi he would “like China to play a mediating role on issues related to the Korean Peninsula, including North Korea’s nuclear programme.”<\/p>\n

“All our channels are completely blocked,” he said.<\/p>\n

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“We hope China can serve as a mediator—a mediator for peace,” he added.<\/p>\n

The Chinese leader in response urged Seoul to show “patience” with Pyongyang given how frayed ties between the two Koreas have become, Lee added.<\/p>\n

“And they’re right. For quite a long period, we carried out military actions that North Korea would have perceived as threatening,” Lee said.<\/p>\n

The South Korean leader also laid out a plan whereby Pyongyang would freeze its nuclear programme in exchange for “compensation”.<\/p>\n

“Just stopping at the current level—no additional production of nuclear weapons, no transfer of nuclear materials abroad, and no further development of ICBMs—would already be a gain,” he said, referring to Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles.<\/p>\n

“In the long term, we must not give up the goal of a nuclear free Korean Peninsula,” he added.<\/p>\n

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North Korea has repeatedly declared itself an “irreversible” nuclear stat and relations between the two Koreas have fallen to their worst levels in years.<\/p>\n

Lee’s predecessor, ousted last year for a failed bid to suspend civilian rule, stands accused of having tried to provoke Pyongyang as a pretext for declaring military rule.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Pyongyang said its nuclear forces were ready for war and that it was keeping a close eye on recent “geopolitical crisis” in a clear nod to this weekend’s US attack on Venezuela.<\/p>\n

That operation represents a nightmare scenario for North Korea’s leadership, which has long feared a so-called “decapitation strike” of that kind and accused Washington of seeking to remove it from power.<\/p>\n

Pyongyang has for decades justified its nuclear and missile programmes as a deterrent against alleged regime change efforts by Washington.<\/p>\n

And it has stepped up missile testing significantly in recent years.<\/p>\n

Analysts say this drive is aimed at improving precision strike capabilities, challenging the United States as well as South Korea, and testing weapons before potentially exporting them to Russia. — AFP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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SHANGHAI, Jan 7 —  South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said today he had urged Chinese leader Xi Jinping to help him curb Pyongyang’s nuclear programme and suggested a freeze in its development of weapons of mass destruction was “feasible” with the right conditions. Lee’s visit this week was the first by a South Korean…<\/p>\n

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