2 Koreas, not external actors, should lead peninsular issues: unification minister

Unification Minister Chung Dong-young said Wednesday that South and North Korea, not outside powers, should lead in resolving security issues on the Korean Peninsula.

"The leading players on Korean Peninsula issues are South and North Korea.

That is the constant," Chung said at the fourth meeting of the ministry's peace advisory council held at the Office of Inter-Korean Dialogue.

"Other countries are only variables," Chung said, "But they have come to override the constant.

That is a tragedy." ...