Moon shows his resolve to keep peace ball rolling

Editor's note: Thanks to their joint efforts, Pyongyang and Seoul have been moving toward increasing cooperation and development, comments Ma Weiying, an associate researcher at the Northeast Asia Studies Institute, Jilin Academy of Social Sciences:

Democratic People's Republic of Korea top leader Kim Jong-un and Republic of Korea President Moon Jae-in deserve praise for initiating the process of engagement, which paved the way for the historic Washington-Pyongyang summit last year.

Moon's efforts leading to three ROK-DPRK summits helped defuse tensions and resume economic cooperation on the Korean Peninsula. And his patient diplomacy maintained the engagement between Washington and Pyongyang when it seemed that the mistrust between them would stall the positive momentum.