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What's clear is Moon failed to coax KJU into coughing up his nuke inventory, which may have sufficed in ending the Armistice. That's prolly why he became grim-faced when the second session ended early. He realized he hit the wall. But he has other agendas
Why is the inventory so important? It's kind of elementary but not realizing the obvious means getting distracted by NK. You can't make NK denuke if you don't know what it has. Plus cross-checking is involved since the US knows where key facilities are. It's always the first step
This is how Moon looked coming out of the conference room. He ended it early; there was time for him to discuss the matter more with KJU. But then he recovered, delivered his speech, went to the Sea World-like seafood restaurant, and even Mt. Baekdu this morning. What giveth?
That's because he didn't put all his eggs in 1 basket. Moon prolly knows it's a long shot anyway. His adviser Moon Chung-in has been launching trial balloons: "If you pin everything to NK denuking, you really can't have a peace regime on Korean Peninsula"
news.chosun.com/site/data/html…
Moon Chung-in is the only member of the SK delegation to attend every summit held in Pyongyang: 2000; 2007; 2018. "Denuking is important but if that's all you focus on, you can't have a peace regime or great inter-Korean relations. You also can't make NK reform its economy"
Moon Chung-in is thought to be Moon's canary in a coal mine and many of his observations turn out to be true, especially re the direction the Moon administration will travel. Here he was in Pyongyang back in his salad days, sipping wine with KJI and Roh
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