WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart stressed their readiness to “engage” nuclear-armed North Korea Friday, albeit with conditions.

Hailing the Washington-Seoul alliance as the “lynchpin” of security on the Korean Peninsula, Obama welcomed Park Geun-Hye to the White House and said his nuclear deal with Iran carried lessons for Northeast Asia.

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