President Trump’s extension of his travel ban to North Korea is mostly symbolic and will have little to no effect on Kim Jong Un’s regime, experts said Monday. Everyday, North Koreans are told that the Americans are "imperialists" and North Korean children are taught that "cunning American wolves" want to kill them. (Anna Fifield,Jason Aldag/The Washington Post)In the context of this escalating conflict, the North Korea travel ban may appear to be part of a U.S. push to isolate the regime. The original travel ban was widely criticized for targeting Muslims — adding North Korea and Venezuela changes the conversation. “There’s no logic in the North Korea context, so we can conclude this is not really about North Korea,” Delury said.
Source: Washington Post September 25, 2017 08:48 UTC