South Korea’s Moon Jae-in will work toward completing U.S.-NoKo deal
North Korea’s leader indicates he is more than willing to meet with President Trump again
We have been chronicling how South Korea has been teaming up with North Korea on a number if different projects in an apparent effort geared toward eventually opening up the rogue nation in a way that will not be a severe economic strain on its southern neighbor.
Though the Hanoi Summit did not conclude with a declaration, South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in promises he will work toward having the other two countries complete the peace deal.
President Moon Jae-in reaffirmed Friday his commitment to bringing the US and North Korea to the negotiating table again for nuclear talks, after the two countries ended their summit without a deal.
During a ceremony marking the centennial anniversary of the March 1 Independence Movement against Japanese colonial rule, Moon stressed the expanded diplomatic role of South Korea in bridging the gap between Washington and Pyongyang.
“My administration will closely communicate and cooperate with the United States and North Korea so as to help their talks reach complete settlement by any means,” he said.
In his address, Moon acknowledged that there were hopeful signs a peace deal could be struck.
He added that the discussions in Hanoi were meaningful in that U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un spoke about the issue of setting up a U.S. liaison office in Pyongyang, “an important step toward the normalization of bilateral ties.”
In addition, Moon highly evaluated Trump’s commitment to continuing talks with the North.
The president made hopeful remarks despite the result of the Hanoi summit, something Moon had eagerly been pushing for.
He referred to the easing of tension between the South and North due to the unfolding detente that began last year.
“This will lead to South Koreans’ free and safe trips to North Korea. I will strive to make it possible for separated families to visit their hometowns and meet with their relatives,” he said.
Meanwhile, North Korea’s leader indicates he is more than willing to meet with Trump again.
North Korean state news agency KNCA’s report Friday offered an upbeat takeaway of the meeting, saying both leaders walked away with a deeper commitment to forging ties between the two historically hostile nations.
The report said Kim was appreciative that Trump had made “active efforts towards results” and that he regarded the summit talks as “productive,” Reuters reported.
Efforts were taken on both sides, Kim reportedly said, to ease tension and bring about peace in the region. Though not yielding any concrete results, the second summit was an important state in reversing decades of hostility and bringing the two nations’ relationship to the next level, Kim reportedly said.
Perhaps the American media could help the peace process next time, by focusing some coverage on the negotiations instead of ginned-up congressional drama set forth by those suffering from chronic Trump Derangement Syndrome.
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Uh-huh. Perhaps the Nationals could get Bryce Harper back, too.
The Democrat party might want to support this process also.
Eddie, the last thing they want is to disable a fascist regieme – paticularly if a Republican does.
An enormous number of our elected officials and government ‘workers’ are traitors to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights – or paid off to work with them. (Hi, McConnell. Hi, Ryan.) We need to accep that, going forward. If not, they’ll win by Death by a Thousand Cuts.
If the Democrat Party was even remotely interested in peace or even a rational foreign policy, Hillary Clinton would have been thrown out of the party for claiming credit for the murder of Gaddafi.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgcd1ghag5Y
And how is Syria doing, now?
I sure am glad to see this posted. Yesterday, midst all the negativity with regards to the summit, I read South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in’s statement at Yonhap News Agency. His optimistic remarks are more than welcome.
He stated, “Importantly, they even discussed the issue of installing liaison offices, an important step toward the normalization of bilateral ties. I have high regard for President Trump, who has expressed his commitment to continuing talks and optimistic views. “https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20190301004000315?section=national/diplomacy
As an added note, there is an interesting read, “Moon calls for bold shift to ‘new Korean Peninsula regime’.” https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20190301003500315?section=national/diplomacy
And, yes, it is unfortunate that the media continues on its path of under-mining America.
“is unfortunate that the media continues on its path of under-mining America…”
At least we know who they are. It took a long time till everyone was on board with that reality, but it’s here.
One of the reasons why sites like Legal Insurrection with its NewsGuard rating, and others like it, are so very important.
NewsGuard has been criticized by Breitbart News as “the establishment media’s latest effort to blacklist alternative media sites”.[9]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsGuard
More important than any ‘organization’ checking news is the person at the top. Organizations are always one hack away from being corrupted. It will ALWAYS be that way. Just look at the likes of the Ford Foundation, etc.
Sounds like jealousy and sour grapes on the part of Breitbart. The last that I knew it isn’t a paragon of virtue when it comes to “basic standards of accuracy and accountability.”
Example DJH.
mailman, I’d be hard pressed to do so as I haven’t read anything from their site in four years or so. This would be just the same, for me, with other sources, e.g. NTY Times, CNN, and Washington Post.