Political candidates supportive of resuming engagement with North Korea appear set to benefit from Ban Ki-moon's Wednesday drop-out of the presidential campaign, observers familiar with the peninsula told NK News on Thursday.
In the short-term, therefore, it appears North Korea may refrain from pursuing tactics against the South which could undermine support for progressive candidates like Moon Jae-in, the left-leaning front runner.
Political candidates supportive of resuming engagement with North Korea appear set to benefit from Ban Ki-moon's Wednesday drop-out of the presidential campaign, observers familiar with the peninsula told NK News on Thursday.
In the short-term, therefore, it appears North Korea may refrain from pursuing tactics against the South which could undermine support for progressive candidates like Moon Jae-in, the left-leaning front runner.
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Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll is the founder of NK News/NK Pro and related holding company Korea Risk Group. In addition to being the group's CEO, O'Carroll is a frequent writer and commentator about the Koreas, having written about the two nations since 2010. He has visited the DPRK multiple times, worked and lived in Washington, D.C. with a focus on peninsula issues, and lived in the ROK since 2016.