Joint Inter-Korean Summit Press Corps - NKNEWS (Sept. 20, 2018)
The five years of the Moon Jae-in administration are coming to an end, closing an important chapter in inter-Korean relations and providing a good time to consider how well the soon-to-be-retired president handled uneasy interactions with Pyongyang.
Moon has dealt with rather bad press about how his policy toward North Korea, which he hoped would lead to a diplomatic breakthrough that would be his major historic legacy. But is this verdict fair?
The five years of the Moon Jae-in administration are coming to an end, closing an important chapter in inter-Korean relations and providing a good time to consider how well the soon-to-be-retired president handled uneasy interactions with Pyongyang.
Moon has dealt with rather bad press about how his policy toward North Korea, which he hoped would lead to a diplomatic breakthrough that would be his major historic legacy. But is this verdict fair?
Andrei Lankov is a Director at NK News and writes exclusively for the site as one of the world's leading authorities on North Korea. A graduate of Leningrad State University, he attended Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung University from 1984-5 - an experience you can read about here. In addition to his writing, he is also a Professor at Kookmin University.