Everything Moon Jae-in says about North Korea in his mammoth new memoir



Analysis Everything Moon Jae-in says about North Korea in his mammoth new memoir NK Pro translates key parts of former president’s book, from Kim Jong Un’s wish to visit border island to anger at US Joon Ha Park May 22, 2024 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON A collage of Moon Jae-in, the U.S.-DPRK Hanoi summit, the demolishing of the inter-Korean liaison office and a North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile \| Image: Moon Jae-in Blue House, White House, KCNA, Rodong Sinmun, edited by NK Pro 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. Among Read More © 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. LATEST ANALYSIS 01In changing world, North Korea has little to gain from pro-regime sympathizers 02Why North Korea’s top military official may have been quietly demoted once again 03Where North Korea ranks in Trump’s foreign policy priorities for term two 04Why guidance systems are the Achilles’ heel of North Korea’s missile arsenal 05Why North Korea’s United Front Department likely survived anti-unification push 06How North Korea compels citizens to spy on each other with new surveillance law 07Forecast 2025: Why Kim Jong Un’s market crackdowns will spark social unrest 08Forecast 2025: Why Trump-Kim diplomacy will leave South Korea out in the cold

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Everything Moon Jae-in says about North Korea in his mammoth new memoir

NK Pro translates key parts of former president’s book, from Kim Jong Un’s wish to visit border island to anger at US

Joon Ha Park May 22, 2024

Everything Moon Jae-in says about North Korea in his mammoth new memoir

A collage of Moon Jae-in, the U.S.-DPRK Hanoi summit, the demolishing of the inter-Korean liaison office and a North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile | Image: Moon Jae-in Blue House, White House, KCNA, Rodong Sinmun, edited by NK Pro

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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