What will Seoul's new leader mean for North Korea ties?

Seoul (AFP) May 30, 2025 On the campaign trail in South Korea ahead of the June 3 vote, leading candidates in the presidential race have barely mentioned the nuclear-armed North - but a new leader in Seoul could shake-up years of Pyongyang policy. Under the hawkish Yoon Suk Yeol - whose ouster over his disastrous declaration of martial law triggered the snap presidential poll - Seoul took a hard line towards Nort

Jun 1, 2025 - 07:00
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What will Seoul's new leader mean for North Korea ties?
Seoul (AFP) May 30, 2025
On the campaign trail in South Korea ahead of the June 3 vote, leading candidates in the presidential race have barely mentioned the nuclear-armed North - but a new leader in Seoul could shake-up years of Pyongyang policy. Under the hawkish Yoon Suk Yeol - whose ouster over his disastrous declaration of martial law triggered the snap presidential poll - Seoul took a hard line towards Nort