{"id":"ae30a10a-d379-46a6-b7d2-96a9c73126d3","url":"https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3361606/seoul-drops-denuclearisation-first-stance-pyongyang","domain":"scmp.com","outlet":{"name":"South China Morning Post","country":"HK","cred":4,"lean":0,"curated":true},"title":"Seoul drops ‘denuclearisation-first’ stance on Pyongyang","plainHeadline":"Seoul drops its ‘denuclearisation-first’ stance toward Pyongyang","rewrite":{"model":"gpt-5.4-nano","at":"2026-07-23T11:06:22.667Z"},"summary":["South Korea abandoned its denuclearisation-first campaign prioritising North Korea’s nuclear disarmament, Unification Minister said.","President Lee Jae Myung reversed his predecessor’s stance after taking power in June 2025.","South Korea now offers talks to Pyongyang without preconditions and prioritizes halting nuclear expansion.","Chung Dong-young said the government abandoned prior dismantlement insists while keeping denuclearisation as long-term goal.","Pyongyang has not responded, despite vows in early 2026 to strengthen nuclear forces."],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-07-23T10:19:17.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-07-23T10:32:49.683Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/23e7ce2d-e224-4d4a-99dd-408ed5e9a7b3"}