North Korea for Biden is "still a priority issue but also a no-win kind of scenario," said Jenny Town, a senior fellow at the Stimson Center. In an April policy review, the Biden administration said it was willing to engage North Korea and be flexible. North Korea has nonetheless taken small steps to ease tensions with South Korea, including restoring a military hotline. The Biden administration has put a priority on allies South Korea and Japan and backed efforts by the South's dovish president, Moon Jae-In. "North Korea has a game plan – to push the US off strategic patience and to get them to put sanctions relief on the table.

Source: The Star October 01, 2021 00:00 UTC