New S. Korean intelligence chief secretly negotiated controversial summit with Kim Jong-Il

By World Tribune on May 11, 2017   BB NE Asia, Exclusives, NE Asia, North Korea, Rest of The Best, South Korea, Top Stories, Top Story, World Links, World Tribune  

by WorldTribune Staff, May 11, 2017 Suh Hoon, named as South Korean President-elect Moon Jae-In’s intelligence chief, played a key role in arranging summit talks with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il in 2000 and 2007. Suh “is widely seen as aimed at backing up the new leader’s bid to improve long-strained inter-Korean ties,” Yonhap news […]