{"id":278086,"date":"2021-06-18T14:30:19","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T11:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/kim-jong-un-vows-to-be-ready-for-confrontation-with-us\/"},"modified":"2021-06-18T14:30:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T11:30:19","slug":"kim-jong-un-vows-to-be-ready-for-confrontation-with-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kim-jong-un-vows-to-be-ready-for-confrontation-with-us\/","title":{"rendered":"#Kim Jong Un vows to be ready for ‘confrontation’ with US"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Kim Jong Un vows to be ready for ‘confrontation’ with US<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country must prepare for both \u201cdialogue and confrontation\u201d with the US \u2014 in his first direct comments on President Joe Biden\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n

During the plenary meeting Thursday of his ruling Workers\u2019 Party\u2019s central committee, \u00a0Kim laid out \u201capp<\/a>ropriate strategic and tactical counteraction\u201d to deal with Washington, Reuters reported, citing state news<\/a> agency KCNA.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe general<\/a> secretary stressed the need to get prepared for both dialogue and confrontation, especially to get fully prepared for confrontation, in order to protect the dignity of our state and its interests for independent development,\u201d according to the outlet.<\/p>\n

Such moves would \u201creliably guarantee the peaceful environment and the security of our state,\u201d KCNA added.<\/p>\n

The despot\u2019s remarks suggest he\u2019ll likely push to strengthen his nuclear arsenal and increase pressure on Washington to give up what North Korea deems a hostile American policy, though he\u2019ll also prepare for talks to resume, according to some experts.<\/p>\n

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US officials suggested President Joe Biden might seek a middle ground between former President Trump\u2019s and former President Obama\u2019s handling of Kim Jong Un and North Korea.<\/figcaption>
AP\/Evan Vucci<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 2018-19, Kim held a series<\/a> of summits with then-President Donald Trump to discuss his nukes, but their negotiations crumbled after Trump rejected his calls for extensive sanctions relief in return for a partial surrender of his nuclear capability.<\/p>\n

The Biden administration has worked on a new approach to the rogue regime\u2019s nuclear program that it describes as \u201ccalibrated and practical.\u201d<\/p>\n

Details of his North Korea policy haven\u2019t been publicized, but US officials have suggested Biden would seek a middle ground between Trump\u2019s direct meetings with Kim and former President Barack Obama\u2019s \u201cstrategic patience.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Former President Donald Trump met with Kim Jong Un twice during his presidency.<\/figcaption>
Dong-A Ilbo via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations issued a statement this week calling for the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula \u2014 and \u201cthe verifiable and irreversible abandonment\u201d of North Korea\u2019s nuclear and missile programs.<\/p>\n

They also called on the Hermit Kingdom to engage and resume dialogue.<\/p>\n

Kim\u2019s remarks came two days before Sung Kim, the newly appointed US envoy for North Korea, is set to arrive in South Korea on his first visit since assuming the role last month.<\/p>\n

He is scheduled to hold talks with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts and meet other Seoul officials during his stay until June 23, the State Department said Thursday.<\/p>\n

Kim\u2019s comments continue a \u201cwait-and-see\u201d policy, while refraining from provoking the US, said Vipin Narang, a nuclear affairs expert at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems to suggest that Pyongyang thinks the ball is in the U.S. court at the moment, and it is waiting to see how the Biden administration outreach goes,\u201d he told Reuters.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven reports of North Korea\u2019s food and COVID-19 situation, one presumes that Kim is also happy to avoid a near-term confrontation,\u201d Narang added.<\/p>\n

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A nuclear affairs expert says that Kim Jong Un\u2019s \u201cconfrontation\u201d comments continue a \u201cwait-and-see\u201d policy.<\/figcaption>
EPA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yang Moo-jin, a professor at the University of North Korean Studies, said Kim appeared to be sending a message to Biden that he would be willing to return to talks at some point.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite mentioning confrontation, he refrained from criticizing both the South and the United States, while highlighting the need to maintain a stable geopolitical situation,\u201d Yang told Reuters.<\/p>\n

With Post wires<\/em>\n <\/div>\n

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“#Kim Jong Un vows to be ready for ‘confrontation’ with US” North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country must prepare for both \u201cdialogue and confrontation\u201d with the US \u2014 in his first direct comments on President Joe Biden\u2019s administration. During the plenary meeting Thursday of his ruling Workers\u2019 Party\u2019s central committee, \u00a0Kim laid…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":278087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/nk-biden.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[109769,991,72676,27926,72348],"class_list":["post-278086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-6-18-21","tag-joe-biden","tag-kim-jong-un","tag-north-korea","tag-nuclear-weapons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}