South Korea's Foreign Minister and the new United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke via phone

  • Agreed that the North Korean nuclear issue is an "urgent" matter

Via Yonhap (SK media), more details to come.

Related from Yonhap also:

  • China's President Xi actively supports denuclearization, says it corresponds with common Seoul-Beijing interests

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North Korea's nuclear ability made giant strides the past four years, now being dealt with in SK and the US.