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> SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's government said Friday it will promote civilian efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to North Korea in hopes of softening a diplomatic freeze deepened by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's growing nuclear ambitions.

> "To reopen a path for dialogue amid tightly strained South-North relations and to build trust between the South and North, even if it's little by little, we will support the efforts of civilian organizations to resume contact with North Korea and also try to broaden contact through international organizations," said Kwon.

> ADVERTISEMENT. Kwon said that South Korea has not made any new offers for inter-Korean government talks after North Korea ignored repeated calls for meetings in 2022.

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