South Korea leader at UN vows to end 'vicious cycle' with North

New york: South Korea s dovish new president vowed on Tuesday at the United Nations to work to end the vicious cycle of tensions with the North as h...

New york: South Korea's dovish new president vowed on Tuesday at the United Nations to work to end the "vicious cycle" of tensions with the North as he promised not to seek regime change.

"We intend to end the vicious cycle of unnecessary inter-Korean military tension and hostile acts," President Lee Jae-myung told the UN General Assembly.

He pointed to his administration's decision to halt measures that include the sending leaflets with hostile messages across the military frontier.

South Korea "clearly reaffirms that it respects the North's current system, that it will not pursue any form of unification by absorption, and that it has no intention of engaging in hostile paths," Lee said.

"We must end the era of hostility and confrontation on the Korean Peninsula and usher in a new era of peaceful coexistence," he said.