Two years into Moon Jae-in's presidency, what's been achieved on North Korea?



Opinion Two years into Moon Jae-in’s presidency, what’s been achieved on North Korea? Despite his early role as a mediator, Moon appears increasingly sidelined — by both Trump and Kim Tom Eck May 12, 2019 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON Blue House Two years into his five-year term as president, Moon Jae-in is in unfamiliar territory. For the first year and a half of his administration, he enjoyed high popularity. Now as economic issues have become more prominent domestically and progress with North Korea has stalled, his popularity rating is under 50%. On the international scene, Moon is the only South Korean president to have met multiple times with a North Korean leader. While these meetings initially seemed to show promise of substantial change and a new opportunity for inter-Korean relations, now it appears that little has changed given Pyongyang’s lack © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. Get the Daily Update & Podcast Updates Start your day with the North Korea stories that matter most – as selected by Trending

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Two years into Moon Jae-in’s presidency, what’s been achieved on North Korea?

Despite his early role as a mediator, Moon appears increasingly sidelined — by both Trump and Kim

Tom Eck May 12, 2019

Two years into Moon Jae-in’s presidency, what’s been achieved on North Korea?

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Two years into his five-year term as president, Moon Jae-in is in unfamiliar territory.

For the first year and a half of his administration, he enjoyed high popularity. Now as economic issues have become more prominent domestically and progress with North Korea has stalled, his popularity rating is under 50%.

On the international scene, Moon is the only South Korean president to have met multiple times with a North Korean leader. While these meetings initially seemed to show promise of substantial change and a new opportunity for inter-Korean relations, now it appears that little has changed given Pyongyang’s lack

Two years into Moon Jae-in’s presidency, what’s been achieved on North Korea?

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