# South Korea’s Lee urges US to ease North Korea sanctions for nuclear freeze, NYT says

https://mins.news/en/item/68188

- Reuters, 2026-09-22 02:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-koreas-lee-urges-us-ease-north-korea-sanctions-freeze-nuclear-programs-nyt-2026-09-22/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ab1e83bb314680001fefdd3

> South Korean President Lee Jae Myung urged the United States to relax sanctions on North Korea in return for Pyongyang agreeing to freeze its nuclear weapons programs, the New York Times reported.

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