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Reaching an agreement with Pyongyang is hard enough; implementing it would be even tougher.

The United States had believed that North Koreas demand for light water reactors in return for dismantling its nuclear facilities could be a significant opening to resolving Pyongyangs nuclear issues, declassified documents showed Friday.

The Biden administration is closely monitoring a military buildup between North and South Korea along their Yellow Sea maritime border.

Colin Powell’s former chief of staff revealed that an invasion was considered but deemed too risky – well before North Korea’s nuclear deterrent was in place.

Robert Gallucci called on Washington to pursue normalization with North Korea

Stephen Costello is an independent analyst and consultant. He was formerly director of the Korea Program at the Atlantic Council, director of the Kim Dae Jung Peace Foundation, USA, and Vice President of Gowran International.

Robert Gallucci called on Washington to pursue normalization with North Korea

Robert Gallucci called on Washington to pursue normalization with North Korea

The United States and North Korea coexist today in an antagonistic, high-risk stalemate. The Kim Jong Un government, feeling besieged by a “hostile” U.S. policy and fearing the potential for regime change, has centered its national defense strategy on strengthening deterrence through nuclear weapons. Facing this intractable nuclear threat, the Biden administration has reinforced a coercive, pressure-based approach that relies on diplomatic isolation, military deterrence and economic sanction...

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the first North Korean nuclear crisis.