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NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG UN AND US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAVE MET THREE TIMES SINCE JUNE LAST YEAR BUT A DEAL FOR NORTH KOREA TO DISMANTLE ITS NUCLEAR AND MISSILE PROGRAMMES HAS PROVED ELUSIVE [FILE: KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERS]
THE COMMENTS, FROM PAK JONG CHON, THE CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF OF THE KOREAN PEOPLE’S ARMY (KPA), APPEARED TO BE A RESPONSE TO REMARKS MADE ONE DAY EARLIER BY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP THAT HE WOULD STILL BE WILLING — DESPITE A “REALLY GOOD” RELATIONSHIP WITH NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG UN — TO USE MILITARY FORCE AGAINST THE NORTH IF NECESSARY.
ASK A NORTH KOREAN: IS NORTH KOREA ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY?
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH, THE OLDER KIM IS STILL REVERED BY NORTH KOREANS FOR WHAT REGIME PROPAGANDISTS DESCRIBE AS HIS LEADING ROLE IN ENDING JAPANESE COLONIAL RULE AND FOUNDING NORTH KOREA IN 1948.
WASHINGTON HAS BEEN DEMANDING NORTH KOREA CONDUCT FULL DENUCLEARIZATION. PYONGYANG WANTS THE U.S. TO RELAX SANCTIONS AND CEASE REGULARLY HELD JOINT MILITARY EXERCISES WITH SOUTH KOREA, WHICH IT CLAIMS AS A THREAT AGAINST ITS REGIME, BEFORE DENUCLEARIZING. THOSE POSITIONS HAVE REMAINED UNCHANGED FOR MONTHS, DESPITE THE PUBLICLY AFFECTIONATE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NORTH KOREA』S LEADER KIM JONG-UN KIM AND U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
SONG』S MOTHER FLED NORTH KOREA IN THE LATE 1990S IN SEARCH OF FOOD AND WORK IN CHINA, LIKE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER NORTH KOREAN WOMEN DID TO AVOID A FAMINE AT HOME. MANY WOMEN ENDED UP BEING SOLD TO POOR CHINESE FARMERS AS BRIDES, BEFORE FLEEING AGAIN AND MOVING TO SOUTH KOREA, WHICH CONSIDERS THE NORTH PART OF ITS TERRITORY AND THEREFORE EMBRACES NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES.
KIM WAS ACCOMPANIED DURING HIS VISIT TO THE SITE BY A NUMBER OF TOP OFFICIALS FROM NORTH KOREA’S RULING PARTY ELITE, INCLUDING FIRST LADY RI SOL JU, CLOSE ADVISOR JO YONG WON, VICE CHAIRMAN OF NORTH KOREA』S STATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (SAC) CHOE RYONG HAE, AND UP-AND-COMING PARTY PROTOCOL OFFICIAL HYON SONG WOL.
FROM WILTSHIRE TO PYONGYANG: NORTH KOREA』S TAEDONGGANG BREWERY
UPDATE AT 1916 KST: THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE COMMENTS FROM SOUTH KOREA"S JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF.NORTH KOREA ON THURSDAY LAUNCHED TWO SHORT-RANGE PROJECTILES FROM WHAT IS PRESUMED TO BE A LARGE-CALIBER MULTIPLE LAUNCH ROCKET SYSTEM (MLRS) ON THE COUNTRY"S EAST COAST, SOUTH KOREA"S JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF (JCS) ANNOUNCED.THE TWO PROJECTILES WERE LAUNCHED
ALMOST ALL OF NORTH KOREA"S MISSILE TEST THIS YEAR HAVE BEEN SHORT RANGE. TRUMP HAS SAID HE HAS 「NO PROBLEM」 WITH NORTH KOREA』S SHORT-RANGE LAUNCHES, SINCE THEY CANNOT REACH THE UNITED STATES.
MR. TRUMP AND NORTH KOREA』S LEADER, KIM JONG-UN, HELD THEIR FIRST SUMMIT MEETING IN JUNE LAST YEAR IN SINGAPORE, ​SIGNING A BROADLY WORDED AGREEMENT FOR NORTH KOREA TO ​「​WORK TOWARD COMPLETE DENUCLEARIZATION OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA​」​ ​IN RETURN FOR 「NEW」 RELATIONS ​AND​ SECURITY GUARANTEES​ FROM WASHINGTON​.
HAVING SPENT SO MUCH POLITICAL CAPITAL ON ADVERTISING NORTH KOREA』S ALLEGED EAGERNESS TO COOPERATE WITH THE SOUTH, THE BLUE HOUSE DOES NOT WANT TO GIVE ITS DOMESTIC POLITICAL OPPONENTS AMMUNITION BY ADMITTING THAT NORTH KOREANS HAVE NOT MERELY BEEN UNWILLING TO COOPERATE, BUT HAVE TAKEN A DELIBERATELY PROVOCATIVE STANCE TOWARDS THE SOUTH KOREAN ADMINISTRATION.
AFTER THAT APPROACH FAILED, WASHINGTON BEGAN TRYING TO BRING NORTH KOREA BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE​ BY SUGGESTING THAT IT CAN DISCUSS STEPS AIMED AT IMPROVING TIES AND BUILDING TRUST WITH THE NORTH TOGETHER WITH THE DENUCLEARIZATION OF THE COUNTRY. ​NORTH KOREA MET WITH AMERICAN NEGOTIATORS IN STOCKHOLM EARLY LAST MONTH TO TEST THE NEW APPROACH, BUT THE MEETING ENDED IN JUST HOURS WITHOUT PRODUCING AN AGREEMENT, ​EVEN ​ON WHEN TO MEET AGAIN.
ON SOUTH KOREA’S ROLE IN HELPING SUCCESSIVE U.S. GOVERNMENTS DECIDE THEIR NORTH KOREA POLICY, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT MORE OFTEN THAN NOT WASHINGTON HAS TIED U.S.-NORTH KOREA NORMALIZATION DISCUSSIONS TO AN IMPROVEMENT IN INTER-KOREAN RELATIONS. THIS REALITY FURTHER UNDERSCORES THE LINK BETWEEN PRO-ENGAGEMENT SOUTH KOREAN ADMINISTRATIONS AND WASHINGTON』S DECISION TO NEGOTIATE.
THE U.S. AND SOUTH KOREA HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING ANNUAL MILITARY EXERCISES SINCE 1955, MONTHS AFTER THE END OF THE KOREAN WAR, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THEIR COMBAT ABILITIES TO DEFEND AGAINST NORTH KOREA. ABOUT 28,500 AMERICAN TROOPS ARE CURRENTLY STATIONED IN SOUTH KOREA.

 

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