Tag: Moon Jae-in
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A defection and Korean dynamics
The latest rounds of dialogue between the US and the two Koreas will also fall at this hurdle unless they find a novel way forward.
January 14, 2019 -
Mild bluster
North Korean President Kim Jong-un has clarified that international sanctions must be lifted before Pyongyang gives up a single weapon, dismantles a single missile site, or stops producing nuclear material
January 7, 2019 -
Not that silly thing again, please
January approaching, it will be time again to reset the ‘Doomsday Clock’. The ‘Doomsday Clock’ which has been maintained by the members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Science and Security Board since 1947, represents how far we are from the hypothetical global catastrophe, denoted by ‘midnight’.
December 16, 2018 -
Realistic fantasies in Korean détente
Seoul’s Unification Ministry sent 200 metric tons of tangerines to Pyongyang in return for the two tons of pine mushrooms that North Korean chief Kim Jong-un shipped to the South after September’s inter-Korean summit.
December 6, 2018 -
Report of North Korea’s ‘undisclosed’ missile bases not new: Seoul
Speaking about the report, the presidential office spokesman said that the source of the analysis of the Sakkanmol base was a commercial satellite
November 13, 2018 -
South Korean First Lady arrives in UP, to be chief guest at ‘Deepotsav’ event
Jung-sook will be the chief guest at 'Deepotsav' event and at the ceremony which commemorates Heo Hwang-ok, the Indian wife of Kim Su-ro, the founding king of Korea’s Gaya Kingdom.
November 6, 2018 -
South Koreans divided over reunification with North
The recent detente between the two Koreas has triggered an intense debate in South Korea on the reunification of the two countries divided since the 1950s.
November 6, 2018 -
North Korea threatens to resume nuke development over sanctions
“The US thinks that its oft-repeated 'sanctions and pressure' leads to 'denuclearisation.' We cannot help laughing at such a foolish idea,” it said.
November 3, 2018 -
South Koreas First Lady to spend Diwali in Ayodhya
The four-day trip starting will be the first time in 16 years that a South Korean First Lady would be travelling to a foreign land without the President.
November 1, 2018 -
North Korea preparing for nuclear inspection: Seoul
Since the June summit, Pyongyang has repeatedly demanded a permanent peace treaty with South Korea to replace the armistice that ended the Korean War in the 1950s.
October 31, 2018 -
South Korean President Moon thanks PM Modi for sending him ‘Modi jackets’
Moon said he was impressed by the Korean language thank you message that Modi sent via Twitter after being selected as the prize winner.
October 31, 2018 -
Summit of the Koreas
It would be presumptuous to hazard a guess on the long-term outcome of this week’s summit between North and South Korea in Pyongyang. That the meeting was held ~ for the first time since the armistice of 1953 ~ is in itself a watershed development. Beyond the grandstanding, Kim Jong-un is reported to have signalled …
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September 22, 2018 -
North, South Korea agree to jointly bid for 2032 Olympics
The proposal, presented during the meeting between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang.
September 19, 2018 -
Pyongyang summit: North Korea agrees to additional denuclearisation steps
Kim Jong-un said he and Moon Jae-in agreed to remove all nuclear weapons and threats from the Korean Peninsula
September 19, 2018 -
Talk-time on Korea~I
The peace wind, that started blowing from the day when North Korea’s leader, Kim Jung-un, indicated in his New Year address that he would hold a summit with his counterpart in the South, has been sustained. In the interregnum, there have been two summits between Mr Kim and the South Korean President, Moon Jae-in, yet …
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September 19, 2018 -
Pyongyang summit: Kim Jong Un greets S Korean leader Moon Jae-in with a hug
This is the third summit this year between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as the latter seeks to reboot stalled denuclearisation talks between North Korea and the United States
September 18, 2018 -
Kim, Trump and the nuclear crisis
This week (Tuesday, Sept 18) South Korean President Moon Jae-in flies to Pyongyang to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The United States and North Korea are working to set up a second meeting between US President Donald Trump and Kim. These developments certainly raise hopes for a reinvigoration of negotiations on denuclearising the North, …
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September 18, 2018