{"id":435501,"date":"2022-04-22T05:23:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T02:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/korean-leaders-kim-jong-un-moon-jae-in-exchange-letters-to-ease-hostility\/"},"modified":"2022-04-22T05:23:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T02:23:43","slug":"korean-leaders-kim-jong-un-moon-jae-in-exchange-letters-to-ease-hostility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/korean-leaders-kim-jong-un-moon-jae-in-exchange-letters-to-ease-hostility\/","title":{"rendered":"#Korean leaders Kim Jong Un, Moon Jae-in exchange letters to ease hostility"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40f0a330be7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40f0a330be7\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/korean-leaders-kim-jong-un-moon-jae-in-exchange-letters-to-ease-hostility\/#%E2%80%9CKorean_leaders_Kim_Jong_Un_Moon_Jae-in_exchange_letters_to_ease_hostility%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Korean leaders Kim Jong Un, Moon Jae-in exchange letters to ease hostility&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CKorean_leaders_Kim_Jong_Un_Moon_Jae-in_exchange_letters_to_ease_hostility%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Korean leaders Kim Jong Un, Moon Jae-in exchange letters to ease hostility&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>SEOUL, South Korea \u2014 The leaders of the rival Koreas exchanged letters expressing hope for improved bilateral relations, which plummeted in the past three years amid a freeze in nuclear negotiations and North Korea\u2019s accelerating weapons development.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea\u2019s state <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> said leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday received a personal letter from outgoing South Korean President Moon Jae-in and replied on Thursday with his own letter <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>reciating Moon\u2019s peace efforts during his term.<\/p>\n<p>Pyongyang\u2019s official Korean Central <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> Agency said Friday their exchange of letters showed their \u201cdeep trust.\u201d Moon\u2019s office also confirmed that he exchanged letters with Kim but didn\u2019t immediately say what was said.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions on the Korean Peninsula have risen since a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of North Korean weapons tests this year, including its first flight-test of an intercontinental ballistic missile since 2017 in March, reviving the nuclear brinkmanship aimed at forcing the U.S. to accept it as a nuclear power and to remove crippling sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea\u2019s military has also detected signs that North Korea is rebuilding tunnels at a nuclear testing ground it partially dismantled weeks before Kim\u2019s first meeting with then-President Donald Trump in June 2018, a possible indicator that the country is preparing to resume nuclear explosive tests.<\/p>\n<p>Moon met Kim three times in 2018 and lobbied hard to help set up Kim\u2019s meetings with Trump. But the diplomacy never recovered from the collapse of the second Kim-Trump meeting in 2019 in Vietnam, where the Americans rejected North Korea\u2019s demands for major sanctions relief in exchange for dismantling an aging nuclear facility, which would have amounted to a partial surrender of its nuclear capabilities.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/korea-letters-618.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"North Korea test-fired a new tactical guided missile on April 17, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-21996628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/korea-letters-618.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/korea-letters-618.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/korea-letters-618.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>North Korea test-fired a new tactical guided missile on April 17, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kim has since vowed to bolster his nuclear deterrent to counter \u201cgangster-like\u201d U.S. pressure and sped up his weapons development despite limited resources and pandemic-related difficulties.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea also severed all cooperation with Moon\u2019s government while expressing anger over the continuation of U.S.-South Korea military exercises, which were curtailed in recent years to promote diplomacy with the North, and Seoul\u2019s inability to wrest concessions from Washington on its behalf.<\/p>\n<p>KCNA said Moon wrote in his letter to Kim that he will continue to support efforts for Korean reunification based on their joint declarations for inter-Korean peace issued after their meetings in 2018.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/korea-letters-619.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"This photo provided by the North Korean government shows missiles during a military parade marking the ruling party congress, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea on Jan. 14, 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-21996629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/korea-letters-619.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/korea-letters-619.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/korea-letters-619.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shows off missiles during a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea on Jan. 14, 2021.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP, File<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kim and Moon shared views that \u201cinter-Korean relations would improve and develop as desired and anticipated by the (Korean) nation if the (North and the South) make tireless efforts with hope,\u201d KCNA said.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea\u2019s next leader could take a harder line toward Pyongyang. Conservative President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol, who takes office on May 10, has rejected pursuing \u201ctalks for talks\u2019 sake\u201d with North Korea and vowed to bolster Seoul\u2019s alliance with Washington and resume their full-scale military exercises to counter the North\u2019s nuclear threat.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts say North Korea is also likely to escalate its weapons demonstrations in coming weeks or months to force a reaction from the Biden administration, which has been focused on Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine and a rivalry with China.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/korea-letters-617.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"South Korea's president-elect Yoon Suk Yeol\" class=\"wp-image-21996625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/korea-letters-617.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/korea-letters-617.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/korea-letters-617.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>South Korea\u2019s President-Elect Yoon Suk Yeol has vowed to bolster the country\u2019s military.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Jung Yeon-je\/Pool Photo via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Biden\u2019s special envoy for North Korea, Sung Kim, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ed to Seoul this week for meetings with senior South Korean officials and said they agreed on the need for a strong response to counter North Korea\u2019s \u201cdestabilizing behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After maintaining a conciliatory tone for years, Moon\u2019s government objected more strongly to North Korea\u2019s weapons tests this year, criticizing Kim\u2019s government for ending its self-imposed suspension of long-range missile testing and urging a return to diplomacy.<\/p>\n<p>Seoul has also accused North Korea of destroying South Korean-owned facilities at the North\u2019s Diamond Mountain resort where they ran tours together until 2008. 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