The government said it will strengthen communication with China and the international community to restart the peace process on the Korean Peninsula.

Lee said the planned summit between President Moon and U.raising speculation that the Kim regime may take action after the Biden administrations North Korean policy review is completed.

His remarks come as inter-Korean ties have been in deadlock since the Hanoi summit between the U.to move together toward Korean Peninsula peace progress.to engage North Korea at an early stage in a bid to normalize the Korean Peninsula peace process and achieve tangible results.

policy and the outcome of next months summit between South Korea and the U.Lee said during a press conference at the Office for Inter-Korean Dialogue in Seoul.

North Korea has not responded to calls for talks from Washington as well as Seoul.

adding there could be variables in the latter half of the year such as South Korean politics as the country enters its next presidential election race.it is impossible to ease or lift sanctions.

-North Korea agreements ― the Panmunjeom Declaration and Singapore Joint Statement.a professor of North Korean studies at Ewha Womans University.

and long-range missile launches.had been the last remaining symbol of inter-Korean economic cooperation before it was abruptly shut down by the Park Geun-hye administration.