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How South Korea’s president pulled the US and North Korea back from the brink of war
"What Would War with North Korea Look Like?"
""The US must talk to North Korea – not threaten war""
Moon Jae-in turned Trump’s North Korea policy upside down with a master class in diplomacy.
By Zeeshan Aleem@ZeeshanAleemzeeshan.aleem@vox.com Mar 9, 2018, 5:10pm EST
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President Donald Trump’s decision to agree to a historic face-to-face meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un can be traced back to the savvy politicking of another leader entirely: South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
Moon, who has been in office just 10 months, played a pivotal role in setting up the potential summit. That’s a particularly impressive accomplishment for Moon given that he and Trump have at times clashed sharply about how aggressively to confront North Korea. Tensions got so bad that in September, Trump accused Moon of “appeasement.”
Trump is taking a very different line now, expressing an openness to talks with Kim that would have seemed unimaginable when the president threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea during a United Nations address in September.
Experts say the shift reflects the success of Moon’s persistent push for “anytime, anywhere” diplomacy with Pyongyang. The South Korean leader’s efforts got a major boost during the runup to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, when he and Kim got into high-level talks over North Korea’s participation in the games. Moon used the momentum from those talks to set the stage for an unprecedented US-North Korean summit.
“South Korea deserves the vast bulk of the credit for this summit offer,” Mintaro Oba, a former State Department official who worked on North Korea policy, told me. “This wouldn’t have happened without President Moon’s initiative and deftness in balancing engagement with North Korea and close coordination with the United States.”
More with links - https://www.vox.com/world/2018/3/9/17100080/north-korea-trump-kim-meeting-moon
It is invalid and illegitimate to give credit to Trump for the possibility of this summit taking
place, as his ranting attacks on Kim Jung-un served no good leadership purpose at all.
See also:
Trump Referenced The Wrong Korea At Media Dinner: Report
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"What Would War with North Korea Look Like?"
""The US must talk to North Korea – not threaten war""
Moon Jae-in turned Trump’s North Korea policy upside down with a master class in diplomacy.
By Zeeshan Aleem@ZeeshanAleemzeeshan.aleem@vox.com Mar 9, 2018, 5:10pm EST
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/58974025/GettyImages_903144236__1_.0.jpg)
Kim Hong-ji - Pool/Getty Images
President Donald Trump’s decision to agree to a historic face-to-face meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un can be traced back to the savvy politicking of another leader entirely: South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
Moon, who has been in office just 10 months, played a pivotal role in setting up the potential summit. That’s a particularly impressive accomplishment for Moon given that he and Trump have at times clashed sharply about how aggressively to confront North Korea. Tensions got so bad that in September, Trump accused Moon of “appeasement.”
Trump is taking a very different line now, expressing an openness to talks with Kim that would have seemed unimaginable when the president threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea during a United Nations address in September.
Experts say the shift reflects the success of Moon’s persistent push for “anytime, anywhere” diplomacy with Pyongyang. The South Korean leader’s efforts got a major boost during the runup to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, when he and Kim got into high-level talks over North Korea’s participation in the games. Moon used the momentum from those talks to set the stage for an unprecedented US-North Korean summit.
“South Korea deserves the vast bulk of the credit for this summit offer,” Mintaro Oba, a former State Department official who worked on North Korea policy, told me. “This wouldn’t have happened without President Moon’s initiative and deftness in balancing engagement with North Korea and close coordination with the United States.”
More with links - https://www.vox.com/world/2018/3/9/17100080/north-korea-trump-kim-meeting-moon
It is invalid and illegitimate to give credit to Trump for the possibility of this summit taking
place, as his ranting attacks on Kim Jung-un served no good leadership purpose at all.
See also:
Trump Referenced The Wrong Korea At Media Dinner: Report
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=139066767
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