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South Korea's Moon extends olive branch to North

Conciliatory speech to UN is stark contrast to Trump, Abe addresses

South Korean President Moon Jae-in is seen on a giant television screen as he addresses the United Nations General Assembly.   © Reuters

UNITED NATIONS -- The South Korean president called on Pyongyang to renounce its nuclear weapons program and choose a path to peace in his debut address at the U.N. Thursday, laying out a dialogue-based approach that is at odds with the hard-line American stance.

"We do not desire the collapse of North Korea," Moon Jae-in told the General Assembly. "If North Korea makes a decision even now to stand on the right side of history, we are ready to assist North Korea together with the international community."

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