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Since the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, South Korea has become a
subject of international media coverage, not in relation to North Korea,
but because of its successful handling of the virus outbreak. Professor
Seong-ho Sheen of Graduate School of International Studies at Seoul
National University suggests that the coronavirus may bring a new
dynamic for the trilateral negotiation between the two Koreas and the
U.S. Furthermore, he argues that with South Korea as an international
model for responding effectively to the coronavirus outbreak, North
Korea and the U.S. may wish to pursue discussions through South Korea
rather than excluding it from the negotiation table. Professor Sheen
argues that it is time for North Korea to make a call to South Korea as
Trump recently did to Moon. [Read Commentary]
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