More concretely, North Korea wants to force Washington into a grand bargain linking de-nuclearization to the withdrawal of U.S. troops. South Korea would then be pressured into a North-South confederation, which is a concept the South Korean left has flirted with for years, and which the North has always seen as a transition to unification under its own control.
2010s, Interview with the Reuters War College (April 2017)
“735 days in North Korea was long enough. But I’m thankful.”
Kenneth Bae: ‘735 days in North Korea was long enough’ https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2016/june/kenneth-bae-my-story-of-faith-in-north-korean-prison-camp.html (May 2, 2016)
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