BBC: Kim Jong-un 'wants closer North-South Korea ties'
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said he wants to "vigorously advance" closer ties with South Korea, according to state media.
The report follows a rare visit to Pyongyang by senior South Korean officials, who had dinner with the normally reclusive leader.
They are the first officials from Seoul to meet Mr Kim since he came to power.
It's part of a fast-moving wave of rapprochement on the Korean peninsula surrounding the Winter Olympics.
South Korea has only commented briefly on the meeting, saying the two sides had reached a "satisfactory agreement" on holding future talks.
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WNU Editor: Is this to good to be true? Probably.
More News On North Korean Leader Kim Jong-Un Wanting Closer Ties With South Korea
Kim Jong Un, South Korean envoys reach “satisfactory agreement” at summit: KCNA -- NK News
Kim Jong-un expresses 'firm will' to improve inter-Korean ties during rare talks -- ABC News Online
North Korea leader wants to advance Korea ties, makes agreement with South - KCNA -- Reuters
North Korea's Kim Jong Un Wants to 'Write a New History' With South Korea After Talks -- TIME
North Korea claims 'satisfactory agreement' with envoys from South -- Nikkei Asian Review
Kim Jong-un reaches 'satisfactory agreement' with South Korean delegation -- RT
4 comments:
What a crock. Did moon ask are you willing to abandon and dismantle your nuclear programme?
Obviously not, instead it was "who wants ice cream?"
Exactly, fazman. Moon should really read up on the attempt to kill the south Korean president in the blue house..kim Jong Un wouldn't hesitate to try the same. He won't give up his nukes and he'll use them for forced reunification. China is of course happy about this (better than having a purely pro-western state at its doorstep)..so they'll keep sending money, fuel and military equipment to the north. Splendid. Under Moon, it's only a question of when the south will be conquered by the north, not if
WNU editor,
"Is this to good to be true?" I'm more optimistic. As you have pointed out, the sanctions are having an effect. While you have also posted much about the busting of sanctions, if one's business lost 25%, 50%, 75% or some other high number, they would be in a bad spot. As such, North Korea may have no choice as the noose gets ever tighter. Getting the Chinese and the Russians to agree, in principle, to the sanctions was an amazing accomplishment. While there is still much that can be going wrong, we seem to be moving in the right direction.
The diplomatic process has also yielded valuable fruit in that has given us more of a precious but limited commodity and that is TIME!! Time to get our armed forces ready for hot war should we have no choice and time to get our homeland security personnel ready to defend our homeland. I do hope the appropriate personnel are using this time properly.
Fazman,
Obviously North Korea is not going to give up its nuclear program as long as South Korea is there. Now if you are right about their weapons being junk, junk, and more junk, then South Korea should be able to develop its own nuclear deterrent and this should be sufficient to keep the peace. In fact, were I US leaders I would explain this to South Korean officials and make this a condition of our continued deployment there.
Now if South Korea were to disappear or if were to jettison this deadweight this would likely change things in other ways. 34% of South Korean military officers view North Korea as the main enemy, 33% view America as the main enemy, and apparently 33% are undecided. I think it reasonable to assume this extends to the populace and the leadership as well.
South Korean leaders are meeting with North Korean leaders now. Are South Korean leaders planning to sell us out? I don't trust these people!! I never have!! While I do not wish harm on the South Korean people, the leadership leaves much to be desired and is not trustworthy. Furthermore there is huge upside potential in negotiations with both China and North Korea if were freed from the South Korean yoke. There seems little downside risk to such a situation. Furthermore should a military confrontation become inevitable if freed from South Korea we would have much greater flexibility in dealing with this militarily than we currently do.
Should military operations ensue, as a practical matter, the South Koreans are going to take command of US forces, as they vastly outnumber them. The US commanders would likely face field executions should they refuse this arrangement. What something might say on paper is irrelevant. With an officer corps and likely a rank and file military and civilian population of whom 33% view us as the main enemy and another 33% apparently undecided such a situation is an unmitigated disaster in the making.
Nations like giddy school girls experiencing their first crush fall head over heals in love with boys without thinking through who it is they are giving themselves over to end up getting hurt. In these cases, it is only the heart that is hurt and perhaps pride. In the cases such as foreign policy, the consequences are far more dire.
The relationship has been like a bad marriage where South Korea exploits the Untied States and its people. If we MUST continue this, then so be it but a VERY GOOD reason needs to be given which so far is sorely lacking. Again, I DO NOT wish harm to the South Korean people but the current nature of the relationship needs to change.
That's the issue they are not going to abandon there nukes, discussion over.
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