With Biden in office, South Korea shouldn't be the US and North Korea's mediator



Columns With Biden in office, South Korea shouldn’t be the US and North Korea’s mediator Seductive to some, the idea of South Korea as a go-between is deeply flawed Aidan Foster-Carter November 30, 2020 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON oint Inter-Korean Summit Press Corps The following article is a column by Aidan Foster-Carter, an honorary senior research fellow in Sociology and Modern Korea at Leeds University in England. With a new U.S. President taking the helm soon (thank God), what role should Seoul play? Specifically, can South Korea help the Biden administration hook up with Pyongyang? Yes, says Moon Chung-in. President Moon Jae-in’s special adviser made his case at a forum in Seoul on Nov. 25. Having “few channels to directly communicate with the new U.S. government … It would be easier for Pyongyang to talk to Seoul to connect with Washington,” he said. This, © 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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With Biden in office, South Korea shouldn’t be the US and North Korea’s mediator

Seductive to some, the idea of South Korea as a go-between is deeply flawed

Aidan Foster-Carter November 30, 2020

With Biden in office, South Korea shouldn’t be the US and North Korea’s mediator

oint Inter-Korean Summit Press Corps

The following article is a column by Aidan Foster-Carter, an honorary senior research fellow in Sociology and Modern Korea at Leeds University in England.

With a new U.S. President taking the helm soon (thank God), what role should Seoul play? Specifically, can South Korea help the Biden administration hook up with Pyongyang?

Yes, says Moon Chung-in. President Moon Jae-in’s special adviser made his case at a forum in Seoul on Nov. 25. Having “few channels to directly communicate with the new U.S. government … It would be easier for Pyongyang to talk to Seoul to connect with Washington,” he said.

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Aidan Foster-Carter

Aidan Foster-Carter is Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Sociology and Modern Korea at Leeds University in England. Educated at Eton and Oxford, he taught sociology at the Universities of Hull, Dar es Salaam and Leeds from 1971 to 1997. Having followed Korean affairs since 1968, since 1997 he has been a full-time analyst and consultant on Korea: writing, lecturing and broadcasting for academic, business and policy audiences in the UK and worldwide.

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