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May 19, 2021

An Important Agenda for the U.S.-South Korea Summit This Week – The National Law Review

By Woojin Shin

Many South Koreans jokingly say that the most famous Korean in the world is Kim Jong-Un, the North Korean dictator who inherited the kingdom from his father at the age of 27. Koreans made the same joke about Kim Jong-Il, Kim Jong-Un’s father, when he was alive until 2011. This generations-long global notoriety is due to the military threats North Korea made for decades targeting South Korea and its allies, including the United States.