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“"Younger South Koreans just see the North as another country that happens to be next to us, is poor and threatening, and they have no sentimental attachment to it, like older generations do."”

“South Korea's relationship with the North, always strained, seems to be going through a particularly hostile patch in recent weeks.”

“"It's not just Germany, I think a lot of European countries will be irritated by the Lee administration trying to improve relations with North Korea and Russia,"”

“"It's not just Germany, I think a lot of European countries will be irritated by the Lee administration trying to improve relations with North Korea and Russia,"”

“"UN Security Council resolutions on North Korean workers, on weapons proliferation, on the sale of dual-use technologies are all being ignored, so I think we can say that the UN's sanctions regime is pretty much dead,"”

“"The prisoners could have been used by Ukraine to improve bilateral relations between Kyiv and Seoul," said Butyrska, adding that no one in South Korea was now thinking of thanking Ukraine for transferring the prisoners.”

“Despite Kavanagh's reassurances, many analysts suggest that a withdrawal of US support in the region would prompt China to quickly seize Taiwan and nuclear-armed North Korea to make greater demands on South Korea.”

“Last month, US President Donald Trump revived a charm offensive aimed at Pyongyang by drastically scaling back joint US military exercises with South Korea and pouring praise on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.The US president said the North Korean dictator…”

“"Trump threatened to withdraw US forces during his first term unless South Korea paid more to keep them here, he has imposed huge tariffs on our exports to the US and now he is approaching the North in a manner that shows he wants to establish a new…”