The Workers’ Party Congress signals a different form of “liberation” – securing regime survival through nuclear deterrence, not the liberation of the Korean peninsula
While South Korean and US officials should take Pyongyang’s rhetoric seriously, it would be a mistake to assume that Kim’s statements were only meant for foreign audiences. The rhetoric and policy changes under Kim represent a remarkable shift in North Korea’s political stance towards coexistence.
Why have South Korean moves to make amends been ignored by the North?
Source: News - South China Morning Post
