North Korea Will Reportedly Give US Secretary of State A List of Nuclear Sites

I am not getting my hopes up with this news:

North Korea has agreed to provide key information to the United States about its nuclear warheads and secret test sites, sources said Tuesday.

“North Korea plans to hand over a list of its secret nuclear test sites as well as information about its nuclear warheads to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo when he visits Pyongyang this month,” one source told The Korea Times.

He said chances are high that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will meet Pompeo in person to discuss details about how and when the North will abandon its nuclear weapons. During his previous visit to Pyongyang, Pompeo said his team was hoping that “we can make a big step here before too long.”

“Washington was demanding Pyongyang hand over a list of all things relating to its nuclear capabilities. It’s uncertain whether the North accepted this request; but submitting a list of nuclear capabilities including sites will push forward the nuclear disarmament talks which have been stalled,” said another source asking for anonymity.  [Korea Times]

You can read more at the link, but this is just a list and who knows if it is a complete list?  Judging by past North Korean behavior it is likely incomplete.  Additionally a list is not denuclearization, this is just more pretend denuclearization. When the warheads and nuclear material begin to flow out of the country that is when I will be convinced the Kim regime is serious about denuclearizing.

According to the article the Moon administration supports pretend denuclearization.  With the submitting of the list the Moon administration is expected to ask the Trump administration to drop sanctions and give Kim Jong-un his long awaited pay day for doing little in return.  I guess we will see in the coming weeks if the Trump administration will support pretend denuclearization or not.