Dr. Chan Young Bang is president of KIMEP University, principal investigator at the DPRK Strategic Research Centre, and a former economic adviser to the first president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev. He has published numerous articles and books on the prospects for a peaceful settlement of the North Korean nuclear conflict.
Beijing has economic and political leverage, but it wants to maintain North Korea as a buffer state against US
For any agreement to stand a chance, it must come with cash - and security guarantees
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