North Korea talks hinge on Kim's willingness for dialogue
According to the Yonhap agency, irrespective of the policy of the new U.S. president, who will be elected on Tuesday, 5 November, the latest move regarding talks with North Korea about nuclear disarmament will rest with Kim Jong Un's regime. According to the Yonhap Agency, the key issue will be whether Kim is willing to engage in dialogue at all.
Yonhap agency emphasises that the upcoming elections in the United States occur at a time when Seoul is striving to maintain close relations with Washington amidst growing nuclear and missile threats from Pyongyang. - Regardless of the policy that the future U.S. president will adopt towards the Korean Peninsula, the key issue is whether North Korea will decide to engage in talks on nuclear disarmament – assesses Yonhap agency, as quoted by the Polish Press Agency.
Biden's administration has repeatedly offered Pyongyang dialogue "without preconditions," but the North Korean regime has responded with a series of missile tests and other provocations – recalls Yonhap.
If talks on the denuclearisation of North Korea resume, they may be "much more difficult" than before – notes the agency. This is influenced by the strengthening relations between Pyongyang and Russia, maintaining close ties with China, as well as advancements in developing nuclear weapons and intercontinental missiles.
Donald Trump, in the event of returning to the White House, "might seek to revive personal diplomacy with the North Korean leader" – writes Yonhap. The former president often emphasised his relations with Kim Jong Un and during his term organised historic summits involving leaders of both countries, which, however, did not bring lasting results in terms of denuclearisation.
Experts cited by the agency believe that a potential win by Kamala Harris would continue the conventional diplomatic approach as in the case of Joe Biden.
Such actions are expected to strengthen bilateral and trilateral cooperation with Seoul and Tokyo in terms of security and intensify deterrence measures against North Korea, "while keeping the doors open for diplomacy with the resistant regime."
