South Korea shifts policy on North Korea to 'peace first'

South Korea's Unification Minister Chung Dong-young has said that the country is abandoning a "denuclearisation first" policy in favour of a "peace first" approach towards North Korea. "The ultimate goal of denuclearisation has not been abandoned, but denuclearisation first has," Chung said. Chung added that demanding denuclearisation at the outset had prevented talks.