June 02, 2023
Columns

Rudeboy: Kim Jong Un invites but then disses Lee Hee-ho

No PR sense, no manners, no strategy: Does the Young Marshal have a clue?

She came, which is something. She saw, if not much. But alas, she did not conquer.

Disappointment goes with the territory in inter-Korean relations. Even so, the complete waste of time which former ROK First Lady Lee Hee-ho’s four-day visit to Pyongyang turned out to be is especially galling, considering the high hopes which – foolishly, perhaps – hung upon it.