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- South Korea says North Korea made huge concessions in nuclear negotiations and is willing to talk to the US about disarming, but North Korean media mentions no such thing.
- This points to a few possible strategies North Korea may be playing out, and they range from innocent to sinister.
- The US responded to North Korea’s talk of disarmament with cautious optimism, but stressed that use of military action to force Pyongyang to denuclearize is still on the table.
North Korean media has been very hushed about historic talks between South Korean officials and Kim Jong Un, which ended with representatives from Seoul declaring Kim had made massive nuclear concessions.
North Korea’s most widely read domestic paper Rodong Sinmun made no mention of Kim’s reported wish to denuclearize on its front page on Wednesday. On page six, the paper talks about North Korea as a “responsible nuclear power…preserv(ing) the values of parallel development of economy and nuclear weaponry,” according to NK News.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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