President Trump Reportedly Walked Away from Hanoi Talks Because Kim Jong-un Refused to Dismantle Secret Uranium Enrichment Facility
If North Korea is committed to denuclearization as Kim Jong-un and President Moon Jae-in keep telling us, then why won’t they shutdown their uranium enrichment facility? As I have been saying the Kim regime has no interest in real denuclearization, they want “pretend denuclearization” which is what closing Yongbyon in return for dropping sanctions would be:
The second North Korean nuclear site that U.S. President Donald Trump wanted eliminated were the covert underground highly enriched uranium facilities at Bungang, just a few kilometers away from Yongbyon, according to multiple sources familiar with last week’s summit in Hanoi.
Joong Ang Ilbo
In a post-summit press conference, Trump said the United States knew about “every inch” of North Korea and that at the summit he “brought many, many points up that [he] think[s the North Koreans] were surprised that we knew,” in reference to U.S. demands for denuclearization measures from Pyongyang that went beyond dismantling the nuclear complex at Yongbyon.
Ri Yong-ho, the North’s foreign minister who took part in the closed-door discussions at the summit, also confirmed the Americans had demanded “one more measure” in addition to scrapping the Yongbyon facilities which they could not accept.
Disagreement on demolishing a second plant is believed to have been a crucial sticking point in Hanoi that ultimately resulted in Trump walking out without signing a much anticipated deal with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un last Thursday.
You can read more at the link.
Their idea of denuclearization is not a “pretend denuclearization”. We have to understand what North Korea means when they say “denuclearization” because North Korea’s idea of “denuclearization” is entirely different from what we have been told what the denuclearization should look like.
North Korea’s denuclearization means no more testing of nuclear weapons by North Korea, followed by America recognizing North Korea’s nuclear power status. Denuclearization means the US canceling the nuclear umbrella of South Korea, and dismantling of economic sanctions against North Korea, for the promise of North Korea that they won’t test any more new weapons.
People say, North Korea has been dishonest about this, but from day one, they have been consistent in their position. It’s the South Korean media and the Western media who have ignored North Korea’s position.
It’s not about what North Korea means, or what they want at this point…
They’re going to lose their nukes. The question is whether Kim Fatty III wants to be rich or dead.
And right on cue:
https://www.npr.org/2019/03/05/700551337/north-korea-seen-reassembling-rocket-test-site
More at the link, but honestly, you’ve all read this before. Just update the byline dates.
And more shenanigans from the North:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/north-korea-hackers-targeting-us-critical-infrastructure-cybersecurity-firm-says/ar-BBUnCMS?ocid=ientp
More at the link of course.
One part of the article I found interesting was that the NorKs are in the bank robbery business more than the spying business. I knew they took as much skim as they could, but not that it was their primary purpose.