The Moon Jae-in administration’s North Korea policy and Korea–US relations

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to present the North Korea policy pursued by the Moon Jae-in administration and discuss the possibility of a weakened alliance between South Korea and the USA.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper compares the North Korean policies and the ROK–US alliance under the Moon administration, analyzing the recent inter-Korean and North Korea–US summits, with a focus on the issues of denuclearization and establishing a peace regime.

Findings

This paper reveals that the approach taken by the Moon administration regarding North Korea is similar to that of North Korea and China, and that the ROK–US alliance is likely to weaken should there be any change concerning the North Korean nuclear issue.

Originality/value

Denuclearization takes place in accordance with the agreement between North Korea and the USA, there is a high likelihood of the ROK–US alliance weakening.

Citation

Kyu, N.K. (2019), "The Moon Jae-in administration’s North Korea policy and Korea–US relations", Asian Education and Development Studies, Vol. 8 No. 1, pp. 59-74. https://doi.org/10.1108/AEDS-12-2017-0131