But any real promise regarding the future of all those missiles and nuclear weapons was missing. In his joint statement with Moon, Kim agreed to seek the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. He certainly can’t acknowledge the failure of his own policy — the simultaneous development of nuclear weapons and the national economy. It added that North Korea “has definitely entered the straight path for final victory at last.”For sure, the North has toned down its vitriol significantly. Mentions of how the North’s nuclear weapons are entirely justified and non-negotiable as long as North Korea faces Washington’s “nuclear blackmail” have vanished for the time being.

Source: National Post April 27, 2018 12:11 UTC