North Korean Newspaper Says Kim Jong-un Wants to “Denuclearize the Korean Peninsula”
I really hope it is true that Kim Jong-un wants to denuclearize, but we don’t know what his definition of denuclearization is:
North Korea’s state-run Rodong Sinmun said there’s not “any room to turn around or go back” from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s “unexpected and groundbreaking decision to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.” This basically emphasizes that the “complete denuclearization” that Kim expressed during three inter-Korean summits and the North Korea-US summit last year and during his 2019 New Year’s address is an “irreversible decision.”
Hankyoreh
This is the first time the Rodong Sinmun has run a story explaining the significance and background of the “complete denuclearization” that Kim has repeatedly promised. Though the newspaper had emphasized Kim’s commitment to complete denuclearization by printing the full texts of the Apr. 27 Panmunjom Declaration, the June 12 North Korea-US Summit Statement and the Sept. Pyongyang Joint Declaration, it hadn’t run any articles elaborating on their meaning.
You can read the rest at the link because of course the left wing Hankyoreh gets all excited about this news. However, Kim Jong-un’s definition on denuclearization will likely mean an end to the US nuclear umbrella which could lead to the end of the US-ROK alliance. His definition of denuclearization may also mean that North Korea gets to keep the nuclear weapons it currently has and just not develop new ones.
