Moon Administration Advocates for Letting North Korea Do Their Own Denuclearization without Inspectors

It looks like the Kim regime is not happy with what the Trump administration is offering for the Trump-Kim II Summit and have had President Moon send out his trial balloon guru Moon Chung-in to let Washington know of their displeasure:

Moon Chung-in, President Moon Jae-in’s special adviser for unification, diplomacy and security affairs, speaks during an interview with The Korea Times last Oct. 24. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Only North Koreans can dismantle nuclear and missile facilities in North Korea, not international experts, according to President Moon Jae-in’s security adviser, Moon Chung-in.

Moon said Washington should offer some substantial concessions beyond opening a liaison office in Pyongyang to make the upcoming second Washington-Pyongyang summit successful.

He made the remarks in an interview with Japan’s Yomiuri Shimbun.

“Only North Korean technicians are able to disband its nuclear warheads safely and completely,” said Moon, special adviser for unification, diplomacy and national security.

“This is because the North Korean experts designed and outlined core specifics of its nuclear facilities and entirely handled the nuclear development. It’s required for the United States to offer a rewards programs to help the regime remain cooperative in the ongoing collective work toward dismantling its nuclear program.”

The adviser didn’t say whether the U.S. officially asked North Korea to hand over a list of nuclear experts who were directly involved in the development of its intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) as one of the prerequisites to comply with Washington’s repeated calls to disband its nuclear program, verifiably and completely.

North Korea tested its first ICBM ― the Hwasong-14 ― on July 4, 2017, shocking the world by demonstrating advanced capabilities beyond what many believed possible for the rogue country.

The Trump administration initially refused to believe it, but later acknowledged that North Korea had, in fact, launched an ICBM. ICBMs are regarded as a direct threat to the U.S. mainland, though it’s still unconvinced North Korea has mastered warhead miniaturization, re-entry systems and missile guidance due to technological challenges. 

The presidential aide told the Japanese daily that North Korea “would be dissatisfied” if the United States only agreed to end the Korean War and open a liaison office in the North Korean capital as these are “superficial and not something relating to actual economic benefits the North want.”

“An early restart of economic projects with South Korea such as reopening of Gaeseong Industrial Complex and other economic projects are needed, as one evident point is Kim Jong-un most wants sanctions relief to revive his country’s dilapidated economy with financial assistance from the restarts of now-halted inter-Korean business projects,” Moon said.

Korea Times

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J6Junkie
J6Junkie
5 years ago

Like leaving the cat alone in the hen cage.

Flyingsword
Flyingsword
5 years ago

beyond stupid…

setnaffa
setnaffa
5 years ago

The Moon Administration understands that South Koreans really are that naive. And Moon is determined to give people everything they voted to receive.

And it won’t be any prettier than the wormy, half-starved, concentration camps in the North.

AppeasingNorthKorea
AppeasingNorthKorea
5 years ago

What is it with people with surname of Moon?

The Moonies, the Unification church.

Moon Jae-in, Moon Chung-in, two Moons who are out to sell MoonShine.

I really wish both of those two Moon’s unpleasant and horrible deaths which they deserve.

rocket man
rocket man
5 years ago

Maybe there can be a total eclipse of the Moons.

setnaffa
setnaffa
5 years ago

While I am in complete, or nearly complete agreement with Appeasing on the subject of certain fake messiahs and other charlatans (there is a judge who judges all of us), I have met folks with that particular family name who were not 100% blackguard, humbug, and/or scoundrel…

One was a sweet young thing who worked at the Nashville Club (many years before I met Mrs Setnaffa) and gave me great (rated G) advice on the way to safely and sanely see the sights of Seoul while solo. At the time, she was engaged to a Captain that I, as a civilian with a healthy respect for company grade officers, had no interest in upsetting. (Plus my name ain’t Jody.)

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