At the end of last week, President Moon Jae-in appointed three people who are likely to become his new North Korea team.

His choices are quite interesting and carry a great deal of unintended symbolism. At first approximation, one can say that each of them represents one of the three major groups that form the upper crust of the Moon administration. 

The newly appointed Minister for Unification, Lee In-young, is a former student radical firebrand whose political career has been largely based on his fame and connections from the 1980s.

Suh Hoon, the former head of the South Korean National