The U.S. could pause demands for a nuclear inventory up front and instead offer an end-of-war declaration for the verified closure of North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear facility, South Korea's foreign minister proposed in an interview with the Washington Post on Wednesday.

Kang Kyung-wha detailed her government's position on what it sees as the most appropriate next steps for U.S.-DPRK dialogue just days before U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is set to travel to Pyongyang.