Moon Jae-in's first year: what's been achieved on North Korea?

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Moon Jae-in’s first year: what’s been achieved on North Korea?

Building on the momentum of the past year must be the ROK President's primary goal going forward

Tom Eck May 10, 2018

Moon Jae-in’s first year: what’s been achieved on North Korea?

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On May 10 last year, Moon Jae-in became President of South Korea. His election marked the first victory in a presidential election by a liberal party since 2002, returning the political left to power after nine years of conservative rule.

President Moon took office in turbulent times, as Pyongyang’s continued launch of ballistic missile tests strained inter-Korean relations and regional security.

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Tom Eck

Tom Eck is a Ph.D. candidate at Texas A&M University. He previously worked as a lecturer at Dongbei University of Finance & Economics in Dalian, China. His work has also appeared in the National Interest, the Lowy Institute the Daily NK, and Sino-NK.

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