Former South Korean President Moon Jae-in broke his relative silence since leaving office this week with the publication of a lengthy memoir on his presidency, providing a revealing look into how he approached the unprecedented period of diplomacy with North Korea and the U.S.

In the 656-page book, Moon reflects on the three inter-Korean summits and two U.S.-DPRK summits that took place from 2018 to 2019 and on the troubled turn that diplomacy took in the aftermath, justifying his administration’s policies and at times criticizing the actions of both Washington and Pyongyang.

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