Despite mixed legacy, Moon Jae-in played key role to avert war with North Korea



Columns Despite mixed legacy, Moon Jae-in played key role to avert war with North Korea Failures of the last few years shouldn’t overshadow the outgoing president’s deft diplomacy in the days of fire and fury Andrei Lankov March 18, 2022 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON Joint Inter-Korean Summit Press Corps - NKNEWS (Sept. 20, 2018) The five years of the Moon Jae-in administration are coming to an end, closing an important chapter in inter-Korean relations and providing a good time to consider how well the soon-to-be-retired president handled uneasy interactions with Pyongyang. Moon has dealt with rather bad press about how his policy toward North Korea, which he hoped would lead to a diplomatic breakthrough that would be his major historic legacy. But is this verdict fair? The five years of the Moon Jae-in administration are coming to an end, closing an important chapter in inter-Korean relations and providing a good time to consider how well the soon-to-be-retired president handled uneasy interactions with Pyongyang. Moon has dealt with rather bad press about how his policy toward North Korea, which he hoped would lead to a diplomatic breakthrough that would be his major historic legacy. But is this verdict fair? 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

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Despite mixed legacy, Moon Jae-in played key role to avert war with North Korea

Failures of the last few years shouldn’t overshadow the outgoing president’s deft diplomacy in the days of fire and fury

Andrei Lankov March 18, 2022

Despite mixed legacy, Moon Jae-in played key role to avert war with North Korea

Joint Inter-Korean Summit Press Corps - NKNEWS (Sept. 20, 2018)

The five years of the Moon Jae-in administration are coming to an end, closing an important chapter in inter-Korean relations and providing a good time to consider how well the soon-to-be-retired president handled uneasy interactions with Pyongyang.

Moon has dealt with rather bad press about how his policy toward North Korea, which he hoped would lead to a diplomatic breakthrough that would be his major historic legacy. But is this verdict fair?

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