South Korea's new president, Lee Jae-myung, has unveiled a bold shift in policy toward North Korea that could reshape decades of diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula.
Breaking with the long-standing doctrine of 'complete, verifiable, and irreversible denuclearisation' (CVID), Lee has signalled that his administration will pursue a more pragmatic strategy: a freeze of Pyongyang's nuclear programme as an immediate first step, followed by gradual reductions and, ultimately, full denuclearisation.
