North Korea's recent proclamations of aggression must be viewed against the country's frustration with what it sees as failed diplomacy, said an expert on Monday.
North Korea's recent proclamations of aggression could be a sign of frustration at what it views as "failed diplomacy," said an expert on Monday."By exercising my power authorized by the Supreme Leader, our Party and the state, I gave an instruction to the ...
The balloons and rice have been standing issues between the two countries, but the context in which Pyongyang is now operating in is quite different, so the recent developments need to be seen in a "broader context of frustration," said John Park, director of the Korea Project at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Pyongyang is moving in a different direction because the North Koreans feel they have been let down by the U.S. and South Korea. And it comes two years after the historic summit in Singapore in June 2018, between Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump, said Park.in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi when both sides could not agree on the removal of sanctions.
"Certainly it would be high in symbolism but the message would be very clear to South Korea — that all of the progress from the inter-Korean agreement would be gone from the eyes of North Korean side," said Park.
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