Peace conference proposes new approach toward North Korea

Peace conference proposes new approach toward North Korea Catholic nuns participate in a Mass for peace and reunification of the Korean peninsula, at Imjingak Peace Park in Paju, South Korea, near the Demilitarised Zone separating North Korea from South Korea, June 17, 2011. Photo: CNS/Lee Jae-Won, Reuters

by Dennis Sadowski Participants at a Catholic-led conference on peace on the Korean Peninsula said it might be time to rethink how to engage with North Korea, because economic sanctions and displays of military strength have not deterred the country from aggressively pursuing a nuclear weapons development program. Such a reset, conference speakers said, could…

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