As Moon Jae-in’s presidency ends, Kim Jong Un says there’s ‘hope’ for diplomacy

North Korean state media says leaders exchanged letters this week and that both maintain ‘deep trust’ with one another

Chaewon Chung | Colin Zwirko April 22, 2022

As Moon Jae-in’s presidency ends, Kim Jong Un says there’s ‘hope’ for diplomacy

Moon and Kim during their Sep. 2018 summit in Pyongyang | Image: Joint Inter-Korean Summit Press Corps

Updated on April 22 at 4:30 p.m. with expert comments

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told outgoing South Korean President Moon Jae-in that the two Koreas can still “improve” relations through diplomacy, according to DPRK state media Friday, despite recent inter-Korean military tensions and economic clashes.

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Chaewon Chung

Chaewon Chung covers U.S., Chinese, and Japanese politics and national security in relation to North Korea. She previously worked at Coda Story covering disinformation and technology with a focus on the East Asia.

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Colin Zwirko is a Senior Analytic Correspondent for NK News based in Seoul. Follow him on Twitter @ColinZwirko.

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