Notice the caveat that President Moon is using in the below quote:
South Korean President Moon Jae-in (L) is interviewed by Britain’s BBC news at his office Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Oct. 12, 2018, in this photo released by Cheong Wa Dae. (Yonhap)
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Friday North Korea understands the need to give up its existing nuclear weapons to achieve complete denuclearization and says it will do so. The only remaining questions are when and how, he added.
“North Korea promised complete denuclearization. It said it will give up nukes for economic development. (It) promised that it has no reason whatsoever to possess nukes while facing difficulties, such as sanctions, as long as the safety of their regime is guaranteed,” Moon said in an interview with Britain’s BBC news. [Yonhap]
You can read more at the link, but the North Koreans even if US troops withdraw from South Korea can say that the US or even the Japanese are still a threat to the regime and thus need their nukes. That is a convenient caveat the Kim regime can always claim to justify keeping nuclear weapons.
This is just more of President Moon going around trying to convince western leaders that Kim Jong-un is a really a nice guy ready to reform in order to get international sanctions dropped. I guess we will see if world leaders fall for it again.
I wonder when he will start making public appearances in his Mao suit. You know it’s coming.
AppeasingNorthKorea
6 years ago
I haven’t a heard of a single thing said by the North Koreans themselves that they will do so, as Moon claims.
Not a single thing said by North Korea on that.
Why does this guy continue to insist on misrepresenting North Korea (who seem not to mind that Moon is doing this)?
And the US continues to pretend to go along with this. When are they stop with this charade and stop supporting Moon who is silencing all his political opposition at home without any notice?
setnaffa
6 years ago
Appeasing, you must not have seen what Trump said recently. Look around the Drop, you’ll find it.
I wonder when he will start making public appearances in his Mao suit. You know it’s coming.
I haven’t a heard of a single thing said by the North Koreans themselves that they will do so, as Moon claims.
Not a single thing said by North Korea on that.
Why does this guy continue to insist on misrepresenting North Korea (who seem not to mind that Moon is doing this)?
And the US continues to pretend to go along with this. When are they stop with this charade and stop supporting Moon who is silencing all his political opposition at home without any notice?
Appeasing, you must not have seen what Trump said recently. Look around the Drop, you’ll find it.