South Korea wants a potential resumption of U.S.-North Korea dialogue to serve as a gateway to broader four-party talks on establishing a peace regime on the Korean Peninsula, stressing that Seoul must have a seat at the table as a direct stakeholder. Unification Minister Chung Dong-young said renewed talks between Pyongyang and Washington would mark a fundamental shift in the long-running deadlock on the Korean Peninsula. “While it is too early to draw conclusions, this is more than a passing spark. I feel the tectonic plates of Northeast Asia are beginning to shift,” Chung said Friday. A senior unification ministry official also noted that renewed dialogue between Washington and Pyongyang should not end with bilateral talks, but should ultimately draw South Korea and China into discussions aimed at replacing the decades-old armistice system with a permanent peace framework. “North Korea-U.S. talks should not end just as talks. They must become an opportunity to open the way toward a transition to a peace regime,” the official told reporters on Friday. “North Korea-U.S. dialog