Pres. Lee pledges to make efforts to quickly restore dialogue channels with N. Korea

Also on Thursday, President Lee Jae-myung pledged to make efforts to quickly restore dialogue channels with North Korea.

In a statement delivered by his political affairs secretary on the 25th anniversary of the 2000 inter-Korean summit, Lee said he will end the exhausting hostilities, and restart dialogue and cooperation with Pyongyang.

He added that his administration will do everything it can to build a peaceful, cooperative and thriving Korean Peninsula.