South Korea's president urges US to ease sanctions on North Korea

Reports indicate Seoul is calling on Washington to ease sanctions on Pyongyang in order to freeze its nuclear programmes.

South Korea's president is urging the United States government to ease economic sanctions on North Korea in an effort to freeze its nuclear programmes, according to reports by CNA and The Seattle Times.

According to the reports, the South Korean leader is calling for a strategic pivot in policy toward Pyongyang, suggesting that sanctions relief could serve as an incentive to halt nuclear arms development on the peninsula.

Further details regarding the scope of the proposed relief and the response from Washington have not yet been made public.