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Wang Son-taek
Wang Son-taek is diplomatic correspondent for South Korea's YTN news network and one of the country's leading journalists on North Korea and diplomatic affairs.
Kim Jong Un's April 12 speech to the first plenary session of the 14th Supreme People’s Assembly was significant for a number of reasons.
Among other things, it was one of the first times Kim Jong Un has spoken in such length since February's failed summit in Hanoi, it was clearly a modified version of the new year's address four months ago, and it served as an open message to the president Moon Jae-in of South Korea and Donald Trump of the U.S. about where diplomacy stands to go from here.