1 of 2 | South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (R) converses with Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) during the gala dinner of the 2025 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit at the Lahan Select hotel in the southeastern city of Gyeongju on Oct. 31, 2025. Photo by Yonhap News
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) — North Korea on Saturday denounced the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula as a “pipe dream” that can never be realized, as Seoul has said President Lee Jae Myung and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to discuss the issue during their summit talks.
Lee and Xi are scheduled to hold their first summit talks Saturday on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in the southeastern city of Gyeongju. The presidential office said denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is on the agenda.
North Korea’s Vice Foreign Minister Pak Myong-ho criticized South Korea for seeking to raise the denuclearization issue whenever an opportunity arises, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
“We will show with patience that no matter how many times it talks about denuclearization, it will remain a pipe dream that can never be realized,” Pak said in a statement carried by the KCNA.
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