South Korea and China restored a high-level national security dialogue on Thursday after a nearly five-year suspension, with National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi agreeing to maintain regular contact on bilateral ties, the Korean Peninsula and regional and global issues. The channel had been dormant since Dec. 2021, and Wang invited Wi to visit China.

Wang also met President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday after holding talkswith Foreign Minister Cho Hyun on Wednesday. Lee described relations as undergoing a “full restoration” and called for continued strategic communication among Cho, Wi and Wang while both