FILE – In this May 10, 2017, file photo, South Korean President Moon Jae-in waves to supporters upon his arrival outside the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea. As North Korea steps up its nuclear weapons tests and threats,
FILE – In this May 10, 2017, file photo, South Korean President Moon Jae-in waves to supporters upon his arrival outside the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea. As North Korea steps up its nuclear weapons tests and threats, South Korea’s Unification Ministry faces an almost existential crisis. It wasn’t too long ago that the ministry was one of Seoul’s most powerful government departments. But the political sway is mostly gone after a decade that saw relations between the Koreas go from bad to worse. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)