South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ride in a car during a parade through a street in Pyongyang on September 18. Photo: Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ride in a car during a parade through a street in Pyongyang on September 18. Photo: Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ride in a car during a parade through a street in Pyongyang on September 18. Photo: Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP
Yoon Young-kwan
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Yoon Young-kwan

Can Kim Jong-un become North Korea’s Deng Xiaoping? Only if Donald Trump doesn’t get in the way

  • Yoon Young-kwan says the North Korean leader has shown reformist instincts, much like a certain Chinese leader from the late 1970s, but he needs security before he can move forward

Yoon Young-kwan
Yoon Young-kwan

Updated: 7:21am, 19 Dec, 2018

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South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ride in a car during a parade through a street in Pyongyang on September 18. Photo: Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ride in a car during a parade through a street in Pyongyang on September 18. Photo: Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ride in a car during a parade through a street in Pyongyang on September 18. Photo: Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP
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Yoon Young-kwan

Yoon Young-kwan

Yoon Young-kwan, former minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Korea, is professor emeritus of international relations at Seoul National University.