Why Moon Jae-in's North Korea policy isn't working | NK News
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November 05, 2024
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Why Moon Jae-in’s North Korea policy isn’t working

With Trump and Kim refusing to budge, the South Korean President is headed for failure

On one hand, there is a mass murdering dictator who is desperate to improve his country’s economy while retaining his nuclear arsenal.

On the other is a stubborn and intellectually incurious American President who insists that his personal relationship with the former remains good, but will not lift sanctions on North Korea “until the right time.”

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