In the end, neither carrots nor sticks have diverted North Korea so far from its single-minded pursuit of a nuclear deterrent, and a rift among the United States, South Korea and China would only encourage the North to barrel ahead. Pyongyang suggested that while South Korean agents provided satellite communication equipment and money to this alleged would-be killer, the USA provided a biochemical substance – a delayed-action radioactive or “nano poisonous” gas.
Previously, Pyongyang’s powerful state security ministry accused South Korean agents of bribing and coercing a North Korean man of joining an assassination plot against Kim Jong Un.
North Korea said US and South Korean agents bribed and coerced a North Korean man into joining the plot which was foiled by its state security ministry. He had run the office of the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization in the late 1990’s, preparing for installation of two nuclear energy reactors.
South Korean officials called the claim “groundless”.
South Korean officials called the claim “groundless” and the Central Intelligence Agency declined to comment.
American student Otto Warmbier speaks as Warmbier is presented to reporters Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Mr. Moon has said he will review the deployment, though he insists he will fully consult with the United States before making any decision on this or any other North Korean matter. Sure, people care about North Korea too, but you didn’t hear too many demands for a revival of the Sunshine Policy of Kim Dae-Jung and his successor, Roh Moo-Hyun, for whom Moon served as chief of staff.
Nor is it clear whether Mr. Trump would support a renewal of the failed “six-party talks” approach that saw China, the U.S., North and South Korea, Japan and Russian Federation, negotiate for years with Mr. Kim’s father, former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il – negotiations that were ultimately derailed by Pyongyang’s missile tests and nuclear pursuits in defiance of United Nations resolutions. However, there are many experts who think that there are many government officials inside Kim’s circle who do not wish to wage a nuclear war against the United States.
Without this information, it’s hard to evaluate Pyongyang’s allegations – or even take them very seriously. The paper also called on South Korea and the U.S.to stop conducting joint military exercises.
On Friday, NIS said they had no information about Pyongyang’s accusation.
For its part, South Korea has admitted to having plans in place to kill Kim. The team was discovered by some teenage brothers and never completed the mission. Amid these urgent circumstances, the South Korean government has effectively been sidelined.
China has denied it is retaliating against South Korean businesses.
In 1997, a member of Kim Jong Un’s extended family who defected was fatally shot on a South Korean street by assailants from the North. Many North Koreans work in Russia’s timber industry under strong supervision of the Pyongyang government. The attempt was unsuccessful.
“This is in the common interest of China and South Korea as well as overall peace and stability in the region”, Xi said, according to the statement.
