All options open on NK peace plan: acting US envoy to Seoul

U.S. options for a peace plan on North Korea remain open, acting U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Kevin Kim said Friday, casting President Donald Trump as a “peacemaker” willing to pursue unconventional approaches toward Pyongyang. "Given my experience working for the president on North Korea, one must always talk to the fact that he is the peacemaker himself. He can take approaches that have not been tried before," Kim said at a forum hosted by the Korea-U.S. Alliance Foundation, when asked whether the Trump administration is considering a peace initiative for North Korea similar to those pursued in the Middle East. "Our job as a staff working for him is to increase the number of options for the president to choose from. He is the deciding one," he added. "I never want to say 'never' about any possible options moving forward ... On the Korean Peninsula, whichever path that's taken will be based on ensuring the security of the Korean Peninsula.” Kim, who took office in October, previously handled working-level negotiations on nuclear talks with North Korea during Trump's first term.Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times