South Korea’s President Moon Marks Start Of Final Year In Office

President of South Korea, Moon Jae-in has vowed to revive peace process during his last year in office.

This comes ahead of his summit with U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington on May 21st.

“Through the South Korea-U.S. summit scheduled for late May, we will solidify the bilateral alliance and more closely coordinate our policies toward North Korea to find ways to restore dialogue between the two Koreas and between North Korea and the U.S. and step once again toward peaceful cooperation.”

The South Korean leader welcomed the U.S. policy review on North Korea calling it a flexible, gradual and practical approach that builds upon the foundations laid by the Singapore Declaration.

There have been no significant developments on the denuclearization front since the Hanoi summit between North Korea and the U.S. in 2019.

Moon said he will not be pressured by time or become impatient during the remainder of his term but said he will do everything he can if there is a chance to advance the peace process, and called for a positive response from North Korea.