North Korean leader Kim Jong-un shakes hands with US President Donald Trump as they meet at the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas on June 30. Photo: KCNA via Reuters
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Opinion
Donald Trump-Kim Jong-un handshake at Korean border was nice, but fundamental challenges haven’t changed
- If US negotiators hope to get something for nothing from Pyongyang, they will be sorely disappointed, Ankit Panda writes
- North Korea is not ready to give up its nuclear weapons and the US is not ready to offer sanctions relief for anything short of total disarmament
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un shakes hands with US President Donald Trump as they meet at the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas on June 30. Photo: KCNA via Reuters
Rebecca Johnson is a vocal advocate for the ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Photo: Lingnan University
Trump should give Kim a chance to rebuild economy in exchange for nuclear disarmament, says Nobel peace laureate Rebecca Johnson
- ‘Kim can see the writing on the wall’ of failing to rejuvenate the North Korean economy, says Rebecca Johnson, a vocal advocate for a nuclear-free world
- She hopes Trump will break with conventional wisdom and sideline hawkish advisers who advocate for greater pressure and sanctions
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Rebecca Johnson is a vocal advocate for the ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Photo: Lingnan University