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The election is still nearly half a year away, but the race for the South Korean presidency is already heating up. Despi

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Source: Getty Summary:  For a president who was determined to break the mold in South-North relations and to support the normalization of U.S.-North Korea ties, Moon seems poised to leave office with his biggest foreign policy mark on the reinvigoration of the Seoul-Washington alliance. Related Media and Tools If you enjoyed reading this, subscribe for more! Thank you! Summary Since South Korean President Moon Jae-in entered office in May 2017, he spent the first three years of his presidency focusing on summitry with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, c...

Kang defends North Korea leaflet ban | This captured image from the CNN website shows South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha (right) speaking with CNN chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour during an interview. (CNN) Freedom of expression is not “absolute” and can be limited if it threatens the security of people, South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said, making a case for the country’s recent passage of a law that penalizes activists sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border.   On Monday, the National Assembly, controlled by the ruling Democratic Par...

Moon-Biden summit is critical to alliance, says Seoul’s envoy to US | South Korean ambassador to the US, Lee Soo-hyuck (Yonhap) A summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and US President-elect Joe Biden is critical to bolster the alliance and achieve peace on the Korean Peninsula, South Korea’s ambassador to the US said Tuesday (US time).   “The most important task facing us is to hold a US-South Korea summit at an early date after the new US administration takes office to further strengthen the alliance and achieve progress on the Korean peace process,” Ambassador Lee ...