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Ask a North Korean: how did N. Koreans react to Moon’s 2018 visit to Pyongyang?

"Whether it's a summit with the U.S. or South Korea, people just dismiss it as political theater"

‘Annyeonghaseyo,’ NK News readers — thank you for clicking on our latest addition to Ask a North Korean! This is the feature where NK News readers can send in their questions and have them answered by our North Korean defector writers.

This is In-hua Kim’s third piece for NK News — you can read her first here and second here.

Today’s question is from a reader who wants to ask about In-hua’s “perceptions of the summits.” In-hua was living in North Korea when South Korean President Moon Jae-in visited in September 2018, and has shared her memories and experiences