Letters revealed: North and South Korea exchange well wishes over COVID-19

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Letters revealed: North and South Korea exchange well wishes over COVID-19

Kim Jong Un told Moon that he “firmly believes” in him, and that “good things will be waiting” for the two Koreas

Jeongmin Kim September 25, 2020

Letters revealed: North and South Korea exchange well wishes over COVID-19

Photo: Inter-Korean Summit Press Corps

Despite a summer of heightened tensions and stalled diplomatic talks, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in still managed to exchange well wishes over COVID-19 and recent storms.

The two leaders wrote letters to each other on Sept. 8 and Sept. 12, South Korea’s presidential Blue House revealed to NK News on Friday. The exchange marks the first known contact between the two leaders since Kim Jong Un sent condolences over COVID-19 in March.

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Jeongmin Kim

Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency’s Seoul bureau.

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