4-15-18
Will Kim Jong Un Give Up North Korea's Nukes? History Says No
Breaking Newstags: nuclear weapons, North Korea, Kim Jong Un, nuclear war, Trump
Related Link Options for Denuclearising the Korean Peninsula By Morton H. Halperin, Peter Hayes and Leon V. Sigal
If U.S. President Donald Trump presses Kim Jong Un to give up his nuclear arsenal when they meet, he’ll be asking the North Korean leader to surrender more than a half century’s labor.
North Korea has as many as 60 nuclear weapons, an achievement spanning three generations of Kims. They’ve repeatedly chosen the bomb as the best guarantee of survival despite decades of negotiations, international sanctions and threats of war.
Nuclear weapons have also become central to the regime’s identity -- and its propaganda efforts. North Korea’s status as a “nuclear state” is enshrined in its constitution, and Kim recently built monuments to commemorate last year’s tests of intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the U.S.
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