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Prospects of Resolving the Korean Nuclear Problem

... regard. Pyongyang proved that even a country with limited resources, but with a determined leadership is capable of acquiring nuclear weapons if it does not intend to put up with international pressure and with possible military strikes on its territory,... ... dialogue was advanced by two circumstances. On the one hand, having developed long-range nuclear missiles, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un seems to have decided that the chief strategic objective, i.e. ensuring North Korea’s security from the U.S., had ...

15.03.2019

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North Korea's Nuclear, A View from Moscow

... the Korean war (1950–1953) where the Soviets had been supporting North Korea, in 1961 the two states signed a bilateral agreement on “friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance.” The USSR was instrumental in the development of the DPRK’s nuclear weapons program in the 1970s . Then-leader of the DPRK Kim Il Sung visited the USSR twice – in 1984 and 1986 – to sign additional treaties on cooperation and trade. The Soviet Union has been North Korea’s biggest trade partner with a trade ...

14.06.2018

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