The Hill: Top admiral: North Korea wants to reunify peninsula, not protect rule
The admiral in charge of U.S. military operations in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region said Wednesday he believes North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s objective with his nuclear weapons program is the unification of the Korean peninsula, rather than the “prevailing” view that Kim’s motivation is to maintain power.
“I do think that there is a prevailing view that [Kim Jong Un] is doing the things that he’s doing to safeguard his regime; I don’t ascribe to that view,” Adm. Harry Harris, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, told the House Armed Services Committee. “I do think that he is after reunification under a single communist system.”
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WNU Editor: The unification of the Korean Peninsula has always been the number one priority for the North Korean regime since the end of the Korean war.
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Wait until the sister reports in.
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