Tuesday, 8 March 2016

DPRK’s nuclear defiance means sunset for sunshine policy (Aidan Foster-Carter, Leeds University, East Asia Forum)

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un guiding a joint drill of military units at an undisclosed location in North Korea. (Photo: AAP).

North Korea’s relations with the wider world have taken a tangible turn for the worse. Pyongyang’s double whammy of a nuclear test on 6 January 2016 followed by a satellite launch on 7 February 2016 was arguably nothing new. The Kim regime has conducted both kinds of tests regularly for a decade, each time condemned and sanctioned by the UN Security Council (UNSC). There was no reason to hope Kim Jong-un was about to change his spots.

http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2016/03/08/dprks-nuclear-defiance-means-sunset-for-sunshine-policy/

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