South Korean President Lee Jae Myung wants to resume dialogue with North Korea, laying out a three-step plan he hopes will convince Pyongyang to first walk back—and eventually abandon—its nuclear weapons program.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will press Donald Trump to reopen the stalled dialogue with North Korea when he holds his first summit with the US president next week, his top aide said.

Seoul's recent overtures to Pyongyang will not work. But renewed U.S. engagement might just, writes Andrei Lankov and Peter Ward.