As the new year dawns, the leaders of the two Koreas are worlds apart



Opinion As the new year dawns, the leaders of the two Koreas are worlds apart Moon Jae-in remains tied to a failed policy as Kim Jong Un reverts to the hardline style of the past Wang Son-taek January 13, 2020 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON Joint Inter-Korean Summit Press Corps Views expressed in Opinion articles are exclusively the authors’ own and do not represent the views of NK News. The new year began with contrasting signals from Pyongyang and Seoul about prospects for inter-Korean relations in the coming year. Kim Jong Un skipped his usual annual New Year’s Speech, with his final report to the Fifth Plenary Meeting of the Seventh Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) taking its place. In that report, “break through head-on all the barriers to our advance” emerged as the overriding slogan for the new year. Even though Kim Jong Un © 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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Moon Jae-in remains tied to a failed policy as Kim Jong Un reverts to the hardline style of the past

Wang Son-taek January 13, 2020

Joint Inter-Korean Summit Press Corps

Views expressed in Opinion articles are exclusively the authors’ own and do not represent the views of NK News.

The new year began with contrasting signals from Pyongyang and Seoul about prospects for inter-Korean relations in the coming year.

In that report, “break through head-on all the barriers to our advance” emerged as the overriding slogan for the new year. Even though Kim Jong Un

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