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Summary: For a president who was determined to break the mold in South-North relations and to support the normalization of U.S.-North Korea ties, Moon seems poised to leave office with his biggest foreign policy mark on the reinvigoration of the Seoul-Washington alliance.
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Since South Korean President Moon Jae-in entered office in May 2017, he spent the first three years of his presidency focusing on summitry with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, convincing former U.S. president Donald Trump to engage directly with Kim, stressing his own version of “draining the swamp” or rooting out corruption, and promoting wage-led economic growth. However, less than a year before Moon leaves office, his domestic and inter-Korean policies remain mired in setbacks. Surprisingly, Moon’s most enduring foreign policy legacy could lie in resetti
U.S. discussed North Korea with South before contact attempts, Seoul says
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The United States has tried since February, according to reports, to make contact with North Korea, which is led by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. File Photo by KCNA/UPI | License Photo
March 15 (UPI) The United States engaged in prior consultation with South Korea before reaching out to Pyongyang in an attempt to initiate engagement, according to Seoul s unification ministry.
Ministry spokeswoman Lee Jong-joo said Monday at a regular press briefing that the two countries have been closely communicating and cooperating throughout the North Korea policy review process of U.S. President Joe Biden s administration, South Korean television network KBS reported.
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