The cover of "The Great Transformation of North-South Relations 2018" photo book | Image: Pyongyang Publishing House
In Moon Jae-in’s final week as South Korea’s president, North Korea released an 83-page photo book titled “The Great Transformation of North-South Relations 2018” painting a rosy picture of inter-Korean ties.
The book includes over 100 photos and positively evaluates the Moon-Kim summits in 2018, but frames the meetings as the result of the North Korean leader’s heroic efforts at diplomacy. Kim Jong Un helped usher in a “dramatic, unprecedented change” that “opened a new chapter in inter-Korean relations,” the book claims.
Among the images is a shot of Kim Jong Un watching performances of
In Moon Jae-in's final week as South Korea's president, North Korea released an 83-page photo book titled "The Great Transformation of North-South Relations 2018" painting a rosy picture of inter-Korean ties.
Ifang Bremer is a Seoul Correspondent at NK News. He has worked on investigations for The Guardian and The Observer and previously wrote features on Korea for Dutch newspaper NRC.
Seung-Yeon Chung is a state media specialist at NK News. She previously worked in the Department of Unification and Foreign Ministry at Korean Broadcast System (KBS).
