Unification Minister Jeong Dong-young holds a press briefing marking his first year in office at the Ministry of Unification press room in Government Complex Seoul, Jongno-gu, on Thursday. [Yonhap]
Unification Minister Jeong Dong-young holds a press briefing marking his first year in office at the Ministry of Unification press room in Government Complex Seoul, Jongno-gu, on Thursday. [Yonhap]

Unification Minister Jeong Dong-young said South Korea is abandoning its "denuclearization first" approach in favor of a "peace first" shift, and is working on a strategy to prioritize a freeze of North Korea's nuclear program.


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