South Korea was taking North Korea’s deadline “very seriously”, the adviser, Chung Eui-yong, told reporters, at a time when efforts to improve inter-Korean relations have stalled. South Korea has set up various contingency plans if the deadline passes without any positive outcome, Chung said, without elaborating. North Korea has also rejected a South Korean offer of talks, proposing that communication be limited to exchanges of documents. In response, South Korea decided not to renew an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, due to expire later this month. Chung said South Korea would be willing to reconsider its decision to walk away from the pact if ties with Japan were normalised.

Source: bd News24 November 10, 2019 11:19 UTC