Regime Tells North Koreans Denuclearization Is Irreversible Ahead of Trump Summit

Regime Tells North Koreans Denuclearization Is Irreversible Ahead of Trump Summit
Bystanders watch a news broadcast showing images of a summit meeting between North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un and South Korea's president Moon Jae-in on a public television screen in Pyongyang on Sept. 19, 2018. Kim Won Jin/AFP/Getty Images
Petr Svab
Petr Svab
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A North Korean newspaper, the main mouthpiece of the communist regime, ran an opinion piece that, for the first time, provided the citizenry a rationalization—from the regime’s propaganda perspective—for denuclearization.

The op-ed, published in the state-run Rodong Sinmun newspaper, presented the path to peace—a keyword in the denuclearization narrative—as difficult, but irreversible.

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Petr Svab
Petr Svab
Reporter
Petr Svab is a reporter covering New York. Previously, he covered national topics including politics, economy, education, and law enforcement.
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