Six months into his term as South Korea’s president, Lee Jae Myung floated a review of joint military drills with the US to spur dialogue with Pyongyang, while touting Washington’s green light on Seoul building nuclear-powered submarines as one of his top achievements.

Kim has been presiding over a key party meeting this week as the country prepares for the Ninth Congress of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea.

By Joyce Lee and Jack Kim SEOUL, Dec 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's new global security roadmap has dropped any reference to denuclearising North Korea as a goal, fuelling speculation that Washington may be angling to boost the chances of a diplomatic breakthrough with Pyongyang in 2026.

President described North Korea's border as a barrier of “seven walls of wire” electrified with “a million volts.”

The National Security Strategy released last week didn’t include a single mention of the North Korean regime of Kim Jong-Un. That’s a big change from President Donald Trump’s first-term strategy.