Securing peace with the North has been a key goal of Moon’s term in office, which comes to an end in May. South Korean President Moon Jae-in has promised to use his last months in office to push for a diplomatic breakthrough with North Korea, despite Pyongyang’s silence on his efforts to secure a declaration of peace between the two countries. “I will not stop efforts to institutionalise [a] sustainable peace,” Moon said on Monday in his final New Year’s address before his five-year term comes to an end in May. “The government will pursue normalisation of inter-Korean relations and an irreversible path to peace until the end. I hope efforts for dialogue will continue in the next administration too.”In his address on New Year’s Eve, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un focussed on jump-starting the economy and improving people’s lives.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 03, 2022 17:47 UTC