30 Apr 2018

Expert: Peace on the Korean Peninsula?

From Afternoons, 2:39 pm on 30 April 2018
Dr Mark Lanteigne

Dr Mark Lanteigne Photo: Massey University

A year ago things were extremely tense on the Korean peninsula. But over the weekend North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in announced the end of the Korean War and said they will work towards complete de-nuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.

Dr Marc Lanteigne is a Senior Lecturer at Massey University's Centre for Defence and Security Studies but is currently on a research trip to Brunei. Jesse asked him why, when tensions were so high just weeks ago, things have made such a dramatic shift.

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Photo: AFP / Korea Summit Press Pool

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