Vice Unification Minister Kim Nam-jung speaks throughout a briefing in Seoul, Dec. 30, 2025. Yonhap
The unification and overseas ministries launched their vice ministerial-level consultative channel to coordinate insurance policies on North Korea on Friday, officers mentioned.
Vice Unification Minister Kim Nam-jung and Jeong Yeon-doo, vice minister for diplomatic technique and intelligence on the overseas ministry, held a luncheon assembly earlier within the day within the inaugural session of standard consultations, in response to the unification ministry.
The consultative channel was launched after a refined mismatch emerged between the ministries over which ought to lead consultations with the USA on North Korea coverage.
Unification Minister Chung Dong-young mentioned his ministry would deal with consultations with the U.S. on insurance policies associated to the Korean Peninsula and inter-Korean relations when the overseas ministry launched an everyday consultative physique with the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on North Korea coverage final month.
“(The officers) agreed to satisfy continuously sooner or later to share info on North Korea’s newest strikes, in addition to views on North Korea coverage,” the unification ministry mentioned in a press launch.
