South Korean President Lee Jae Myung wants to resume dialogue with North Korea, laying out a three-step plan he hopes will convince Pyongyang to first walk back—and eventually abandon—its nuclear weapons program.

Captured during the Korean War and imprisoned for decades for refusing to renounce his communist beliefs, 95-year-old Ahn Hak-sop now has a single dying wish: to return to North Korea and be buried alongside his comrades.

By Joyce Lee and David Brunnstrom SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -North Korea is stepping up criticism of South Korea's new President Lee Jae Myung as he prepares for his first summit with U.S President Donald Trump,