US should take lead in N. Korea talks, switching 2018 roles with Seoul: expert

The United States should take the lead in engaging North Korea, while South Korea should take a supporting role rather than trying to work as the intermediary as it did eight years ago, a Seoul-based expert said. Lee Sang-sin, director of the Unification Policy Research Division at the Korea Institute for National Unification, said the approach taken in 2018 would be difficult to repeat now as Pyongyang has cut off all communication with Seoul. The institute is a state-funded think tank under th