North Korea Could Go to “Plan B” If US Doesn’t Drop Sanctions for Little to Nothing in Return

If North Korea is threatening to go to a Plan B, I imagine the Trump administration’s Plan B would involve Secretary Mattis: 

North Korea could decide to live under sanctions, rather than seeking rapid economic growth through a nuclear deal with the United States, if Washington insists on keeping sanctions until Pyongyang’s denuclearization, a former unification minister said Friday.
Lee Jong-seok made the remark during a conference in Seoul, saying North Korean leader Kim Jong-un wants to rebuild the country’s economy and that’s why he decided to pursue a nuclear deal with the U.S., but he’s unlikely to make “unilateral concessions” to the U.S. just for sanctions relief. 
“While I think the possibility is low for North Korea to break off from the denuclearization negotiations, I do think that it could prepare a Plan B,” Lee said, warning that the nuclear talks could be trapped in a long-term deadlock.

Yonhap

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