What happens if talks between the U.S. and North Korea fail to secure tangible results?
Earlier in the month U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Begun delivered a lecture at the University of Michigan in which he offered his own prediction, saying that if negotiations with North Korea fail, South Korea and Japan may demand nuclear armament.
What happens if talks between the U.S. and North Korea fail to secure tangible results?
Earlier in the month U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Begun delivered a lecture at the University of Michigan in which he offered his own prediction, saying that if negotiations with North Korea fail, South Korea and Japan may demand nuclear armament.
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Andrei Lankov is a Director at NK News and writes exclusively for the site as one of the world's leading authorities on North Korea. A graduate of Leningrad State University, he attended Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung University from 1984-5 - an experience you can read about here. In addition to his writing, he is also a Professor at Kookmin University.