“Since the Kim regime is governed by the need to dominate South Korea by threatening the region with nuclear annihilation, its willingness to use its lethal powers will only grow unless it is confronted by the specter of bankruptcy and the consequent destabilization of its rule.”

Why Do We Appease North Korea?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/opinion/why-do-we-appease-north-korea.html
The New York Times
May 17, 2017
February 2, 2018
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