Lee Hong-koo, key official in inter-Korean negotiations, dies at 92

NK News – North Korea News · May 6, 2026

Lee Hong-koo, the former South Korean prime minister who helped shape Seoul’s early post-Cold War unification strategy and negotiated terms with North Korea for a hopeful inter-Korean summit in 1994, died Tuesday at 92. Lee’s role in politics was described as a “consensus builder” and he was a central figure across multiple presidential administrations following […]