South Korea’s Progressive New President Is Open to Visiting Pyongyang
Moon Jae-in, left, takes a photo with a supporter.(Park Young-tae/Newsis via AP)
The newly-elected Moon Jae-in is willing to engage with the North Korean leader regarding nuclear weapons. Tuesday, the same day he was elected, Jae-in announced that “under the right conditions” he could open discussions with Pyongyang, a statement that some believe could put the U.S. ally at odds with the Trump administration as it considers military intervention in the region.
From Associated Press:
In a speech at the National Assembly hours after being declared the winner of Tuesday’s election, Moon pledged to work for peace on the Korean Peninsula amid growing worry over the North’s expanding nuclear weapons and missiles program.
“I will quickly move to solve the crisis in national security. I am willing to go anywhere for the peace of the Korean Peninsula — if needed, I will fly immediately to Washington. I will go to Beijing and I will go to Tokyo. If the conditions shape up, I will go to Pyongyang,” Moon said.
Moon, whose victory capped one of the most turbulent political stretches in the nation’s recent history and set up its first liberal rule in a decade, assumed presidential duties early in the morning after the National Election Commission finished counting and declared him winner of the special election necessitated by the ousting of conservative Park Geun-hye. … Many analysts say Moon likely won’t pursue drastic rapprochement policies because North Korea’s nuclear program has progressed significantly since he was in the Roh government a decade ago.
A big challenge will be U.S. President Donald Trump, who has proven himself unconventional in his approach to North Korea, swinging between intense pressure and threats and offers to talk.
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— Posted by Natasha Hakimi Zapata
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