South Korea's Moon Becomes Kim Jong Un's Top Spokesman at UN
- Moon tries to persuade skeptics at UN of Kim’s motivations
- Moon says Kim strongly wants to develop North Korea’s economy
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While Kim Jong Un isn’t attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week, he had what amounted to a de facto spokesman singing his praises: South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
In speeches and television appearances, Moon -- who has held three summits this year with Kim -- portrayed the North Korean autocrat as a normal world leader who wants to bring economic prosperity to his people. He made no mention of atrocities that prompted President Donald Trump to call North Korea a “cruel dictatorship” during his State of the Union address in January.