Moon North Korea policy

How the Moon administration is seeking to navigate its most pressing challenges, from North Korea to the U.S.-China cold war.

President Moon Jae-in’s New Year’s Address reveals the focus for his last full year in office. Unsurprisingly, COVID-19 recovery tops the list.

Pyongyang complained vociferously about the propaganda leaflets, sent by activists, before demolishing an inter-Korean liaison center earlier this year.

No South Korean president in the last 38 years has trodden outside the elite blueprint for interacting with North Korea.

The Moon Jae-in administration continues to call for an end-of-war declaration. Is that realistic?

"One dismisses the president’s longstanding beliefs that allies such as South Korea are free riders at one’s own peril."

Moon Jae-in has put figures with long histories of engaging North Korea into top foreign policy and national security posts.

Pyongyang hints that its next moves will depend on the reactions from Washington and Seoul. What should we expect?

South Korea's president is poised for one more push to improve inter-Korean relations.

Moon is intent on pushing ahead with North-South cooperation, but he needs to remain cognizant of the risks.

Moon has laid the groundwork of his ambitious policy agenda, yet plenty of work still lies ahead.