How hard is the U.S. willing to push North Korea on its denuclearization deal?
- 6 years ago
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To try and explore what kind of deal the White House is trying to reach with Pyongyang, we have in the studio with us Dr. Bong Young-shik, a researcher at the Yonsei Institute for North Korean Studies. It's good to have you with us.
Pleasure to be here.
1 - In the report we heard just there, it said that Trump seems to be going for a 'Go Big' approach. This is further backed by Trump's National Security Advisor John Bolton, who has called on North Korea to put all its weapons of mass destruction on the table, including nuclear weapons, chemical and biological weapons, and so on. Bolton has previously described this as the 'Libya Model'. What is the Libya model and do you think it's going that way?
2 - Doesn't such an aggressive move potentially risk upsetting Pyongyang and risk any agreement falling apart? Or is it just a tactic to see how far they can push North Korea?
3 - Bolton also said that North Korea needs to dismantle all its nuclear weapons so they can be taken away to Oak Ridge, Tennessee. That's of course referring to the site where the U.S. is storing all of Libya's weapons. What should we make of a remark like this? Should we consider it a serious suggestion?
4 - How serious do you think North Korea is in giving up its nuclear weapons?
5 - Kim Jong-un has said he will discuss with Trump a "phased and synchronous" process towards denuclearization. This runs counter to the U.S. stance which says, total denuclearization first, and then benefits. How will they able to resolve this difference?
6 - John Bolton is of course a senior White House official, but he is not the official voice of the White House. Therefore how should we take his comments? Is he part of a negotiation tactic to try and scare Pyongyang or push the regime to see how it reacts?
7 - While Bolton has been talking tough, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has stressing the possible incentives such as private American investment once North Korea agrees to denuclearize. The two senior officials seem to be playing good cop, bad cop, or the carrot and stick approach. Would you agree?
8 - The White House has welcomed the closing of North Korea's main nuclear test site, but has also stressed that verification and inspections by international nuclear experts will be needed at some point. North Korea will have to let in inspectors eventually, right?
9 - There is also the question of who will carry out the inspections once the denuclearization process begins. Do you think it will be an international body like the International Atomic Energy Agency, or do you think the U.S. will want its own inspectors? Or will it even be another organization used especially for this occasion?
To try and explore what kind of deal the White House is trying to reach with Pyongyang, we have in the studio with us Dr. Bong Young-shik, a researcher at the Yonsei Institute for North Korean Studies. It's good to have you with us.
Pleasure to be here.
1 - In the report we heard just there, it said that Trump seems to be going for a 'Go Big' approach. This is further backed by Trump's National Security Advisor John Bolton, who has called on North Korea to put all its weapons of mass destruction on the table, including nuclear weapons, chemical and biological weapons, and so on. Bolton has previously described this as the 'Libya Model'. What is the Libya model and do you think it's going that way?
2 - Doesn't such an aggressive move potentially risk upsetting Pyongyang and risk any agreement falling apart? Or is it just a tactic to see how far they can push North Korea?
3 - Bolton also said that North Korea needs to dismantle all its nuclear weapons so they can be taken away to Oak Ridge, Tennessee. That's of course referring to the site where the U.S. is storing all of Libya's weapons. What should we make of a remark like this? Should we consider it a serious suggestion?
4 - How serious do you think North Korea is in giving up its nuclear weapons?
5 - Kim Jong-un has said he will discuss with Trump a "phased and synchronous" process towards denuclearization. This runs counter to the U.S. stance which says, total denuclearization first, and then benefits. How will they able to resolve this difference?
6 - John Bolton is of course a senior White House official, but he is not the official voice of the White House. Therefore how should we take his comments? Is he part of a negotiation tactic to try and scare Pyongyang or push the regime to see how it reacts?
7 - While Bolton has been talking tough, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has stressing the possible incentives such as private American investment once North Korea agrees to denuclearize. The two senior officials seem to be playing good cop, bad cop, or the carrot and stick approach. Would you agree?
8 - The White House has welcomed the closing of North Korea's main nuclear test site, but has also stressed that verification and inspections by international nuclear experts will be needed at some point. North Korea will have to let in inspectors eventually, right?
9 - There is also the question of who will carry out the inspections once the denuclearization process begins. Do you think it will be an international body like the International Atomic Energy Agency, or do you think the U.S. will want its own inspectors? Or will it even be another organization used especially for this occasion?