Since the breakdown of the Hanoi summit between Trump and Kim in February, North Korea has largely turned a cold shoulder to South Korea's entreaties.
Moon’s envoys had relayed the initial message from Kim to the White House that he wanted to meet Trump. And after Trump called off that first summit, it was Moon who held an emergency meeting with Kim to resurrect it.
The official, Kwon Jong Gun, who heads the ministry’s American Affairs section, wrote that there was no role for South Korea in the nuclear talks between the U.S. and North Korea. The rhetoric is a dramatic shift in tone from 2018, when relations between the Koreas appeared to be rapidly improving, with threeSince the breakdown of thein February, however, North Korea has largely turned a cold shoulder to the South’s entreaties.
Moon, a son of North Korean refugees and a liberal who was elected into office on promises to engage with the north, has tried to maintain a positive note, telling reporters in Seoul that despite appearances, North and South Korea remained in contact through “diverse channels.” In a speech before the national assembly at the time, Trump cautioned Kim: “Do not underestimate us. Do not try us … The world cannot tolerate the menace of a rogue regime that threatens with nuclear devastation.”
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