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Subin Kim
Subin Kim (@SubinBKim) is an NK News contributor based in Seoul, South Korea. He translated Lankov's The Real North Korea into Korean and is a reserve air defense artillery lieutenant in the Republic of Korea Air Force.
After setbacks during the Lee Myung-bak administration (2008-13), incumbent South Korean President Park Geun-hye voiced interest in improving relations through a trust-building process.
And Park has taken steps – namely the establishment of a committee to prepare for reunification and her so-called Dresden Doctrine – but a prominent policymaker says her administration’s approach is not fundamentally different from her predecessor’s.