<h1>South Korea leader asks China to urge North Korea back to denuclearisation talks while leaders deepen economic ties</h1> South Korea's president urged China's president to press North Korea to resume denuclearisation talks as the two leaders signed agreements to deepen economic ties, expand a bilateral free-trade pact, renew a currency swap and combat online scams; China said it would continue efforts to promote peninsula stability. North Korea denounced Seoul's denuclearisation push. The leaders' meeting followed an Asia-Pacific summit where members issued a joint statement endorsing stronger economic cooperation, multilateralism and coordinated approaches to AI, ageing populations and supply-chain challenges amid US-China trade tensions.