The South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, told reporters that North Korea had not “attached any conditions that the US cannot accept, such as the withdrawal of American troops from South Korea. The EU did not name the four, but said they brought the number of people on its North Korea blacklist to 59, as well as nine entities. North Korea has said over the years that it could consider giving up its nuclear arsenal if the US removed its troops from South Korea and withdrew its so-called nuclear deterrence umbrella from South Korea and Japan. Q&A What threat does North Korea pose to South Korea? South Korea announced on Wednesday that it was considering how to convert a decades-old armistice with North Korea into a full peace agreement.

Source: The Guardian April 19, 2018 10:21 UTC