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SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of external news of North Korea this week.
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FM Chung, Blinken stress close cooperation for complete denuclearization of Korean Peninsula
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- New Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed close bilateral cooperation for the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula during their first phone talks Friday, the foreign ministry said.
They also shared the view of the importance of their countries' trilateral cooperation with Japan in the conversation that took place three days after Chung, a former top security adviser to President Moon Jae-in, took office.