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Wang Son-taek
Wang Son-taek is a research associate at Yeosijae (Future Consensus Institute) and a former diplomatic correspondent for South Korea's YTN news network.
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.