Moon calls Kim Jong Un ‘honest,’ pushes talks with North Korea as term nears end



News Moon calls Kim Jong Un ‘honest,’ pushes talks with North Korea as term nears end South Korean president reflects on Kim, denuclearization in new interview as Pyongyang continues to stonewall Bryan Betts June 24, 2021 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON Inter-Korean Summit Press Corps \| Korean leaders Moon and Kim sit down together at their April 2018 summit South Korean President Moon Jae-in characterized his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un as “very honest” and suggested vaccine diplomacy could jump-start talks with Pyongyang in an interview published on Wednesday. North Korea could still be persuaded to come out for negotiations on its nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles through a “cycle of denuclearization and sanctions relief,” Moon told TIME magazine in the interview, held on June 9. South Korean President Moon Jae-in characterized his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un as “very honest” and suggested vaccine diplomacy could jump-start talks with Pyongyang in an interview published on Wednesday. North Korea could still be persuaded to come out for negotiations on its nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles through a “cycle of denuclearization and sanctions relief,” Moon told TIME magazine in the interview, held on June 9. Try unlimited access Only $1 for four weeks Unlimited access to all of NK News: reporting, investigations, analysis Year-one discount if you continue past $1 trial period The NK News Daily Update, an email newsletter to keep you in the loop Searchable archive of all content, photo galleries, special columns Contact NK News reporters with tips or requests for reporting Get unlimited access to all NK News content, including original reporting, investigations, and analyses by our team of DPRK experts. Subscribe now All major cards accepted. No commitments – you can cancel any time. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. Get the Daily Update Start your day with the North Korea stories that matter most – as selected by And how should we address you in correspondence? One more step! Please check your inbox, for an email we just sent you, and click on the confirmation message in it to get subscribed to our Daily News Update. Trending

News

Moon calls Kim Jong Un ‘honest,’ pushes talks with North Korea as term nears end

South Korean president reflects on Kim, denuclearization in new interview as Pyongyang continues to stonewall

Bryan Betts June 24, 2021

Moon calls Kim Jong Un ‘honest,’ pushes talks with North Korea as term nears end

Inter-Korean Summit Press Corps | Korean leaders Moon and Kim sit down together at their April 2018 summit

South Korean President Moon Jae-in characterized his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un as “very honest” and suggested vaccine diplomacy could jump-start talks with Pyongyang in an interview published on Wednesday.

North Korea could still be persuaded to come out for negotiations on its nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles through a “cycle of denuclearization and sanctions relief,” Moon told TIME magazine in the interview, held on June 9.

Try unlimited access
Only $1 for four weeks

Unlimited access to all of NK News: reporting, investigations, analysis
Year-one discount if you continue past $1 trial period
The NK News Daily Update, an email newsletter to keep you in the loop
Searchable archive of all content, photo galleries, special columns
Contact NK News reporters with tips or requests for reporting

Get unlimited access to all NK News content, including original reporting, investigations, and analyses by our team of DPRK experts.

Subscribe now

All major cards accepted. No commitments – you can cancel any time.

Moon calls Kim Jong Un ‘honest,’ pushes talks with North Korea as term nears end

Try unlimited accessOnly $1 for four weeks

Start your day with the North Korea stories that matter most –

as selected by <img width="226" height="50" class="logo" src="https://www.nknews.org/wp-content/themes/nknews/images/header-logo.png" alt="NK News Logo">

One more step!

Trending

Recent Stories

About the Author

Bryan Betts

Try unlimited access
Only $1 for four weeks

Start your day with
the North Korea stories that matter most –

as selected by