Three years on, little for US and North Korea to build on from Singapore deal



Analysis Three years on, little for US and North Korea to build on from Singapore deal The Korean Peninsula is now far further from the ‘peace and prosperity’ promised in 2018 James Fretwell June 11, 2021 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON Kevin Lim/The Straits Times \| Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference following his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore in June 2018 The joint statement signed at the historic U.S.-DPRK summit in Singapore is essentially a dead deal in 2021, despite U.S. President Joe Biden’s recent pledge to build on it. The Singapore statement, signed by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and then-U.S. President Donald Trump on June 12, 2018, promised “peace and prosperity” on the Korean Peninsula and affirmed the DPRK leader’s commitment to denuclearization. But after Joe Biden defeated Trump in the 2020 U.S. presidential elections, there was speculation about how much continuity there would be between the two administrations. Biden Read More © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01North Korea reveals new vertical take-off drones amid ‘modern warfare’ push 02How long-range strikes on Russia could impact North Korean troop deployments 03How North Korean hackers and IT workers collude to cause chaos 04What pro-Trump think tanks reveal about his likely North Korea policy priorities 05Yoon bet on US to deter North Korea. Now he faces an alliance skeptic in Trump. 06All the question marks hanging over Trump’s approach to North Korea in term two 07Time almost up for North Korea’s plan to launch 3 military satellites in 2024 08Trump return rekindles prospects of North Korea talks, but Russia stands in way 09How China could benefit from North Korea’s troop deployment to Ukraine 10New North Korean ICBM delivers big political message, and likely bigger payloads

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Three years on, little for US and North Korea to build on from Singapore deal

The Korean Peninsula is now far further from the ‘peace and prosperity’ promised in 2018

James Fretwell June 11, 2021

Three years on, little for US and North Korea to build on from Singapore deal

Kevin Lim/The Straits Times | Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference following his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore in June 2018

The joint statement signed at the historic U.S.-DPRK summit in Singapore is essentially a dead deal in 2021, despite U.S. President Joe Biden’s recent pledge to build on it.

The Singapore statement, signed by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and then-U.S. President Donald Trump on June 12, 2018, promised “peace and prosperity” on the Korean Peninsula and affirmed the DPRK leader’s commitment to denuclearization.

But after Joe Biden defeated Trump in the 2020 U.S. presidential elections, there was speculation about how much continuity there would be between the two administrations. Biden

Three years on, little for US and North Korea to build on from Singapore deal

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