... States’ refusal to deploy nuclear weapons in South Korea in the future, calls of American ships carrying nuclear weapons into South Korean ports, and the direction of strategic bombers into the Korean airspace. The North Korean leader also noted that Pyongyang ... ... Korean leadership is undoubtedly interested in detente on the Korean peninsula. If the byungjin ideology previously proclaimed by Kim Jong-un envisaged a combination of a mighty nuclear potential build-up and parallel development of a thriving national economy,...
... or Mr. Shigemura-like
experts
on each occasion.
Meanwhile, the more clear-headed analysts and newspapers advise perceiving “any scoop on North Korea… with a portion of skepticism.” For example,
The New York Times
cites U.S. and South Korean officials who believe that Kim Jong-un might be sick, but see no signs of a coup. And
The South China Morning Post
is confident there is no split in the North Korean establishment, and that the country is under Mr. Kim’s full control.
If Kim Jong-un was unable to rule it ...
... father of the South Korean miracle” Park Chung-hee, actually recognized the mistakes of her predecessor and announced the beginning of Trust Policy toward the North.
RIA Novosti
New president Park Geun-hye,
the daughter of “the father of the South Korean
miracle”
Park Chung-hee, actually recognized
mistakes of her predecessor and announced
the beginning of Trust Policy toward
the North.
However, the young leader of North Korea Kim Jong-un, probably due to internal reasons – the need to strengthen his personal power and consolidate the elites and the population – chose the path of escalating the tension and war hysteria against the South. After the launch of a three-stage ...