Monday talks between North and South Korea ended with new historic agreements toward ending nearly 70 years of war. This includes pledges to reconnect roads between the two nations, and rail lines.
65 years of armistice has meant a demilitarized zone separating the nations, and heavy military presences on either side. As diplomatic progress continues, the re-connection of transportation underscores how quickly ties could be normalized.
This is good news for everybody, except apparent the Trump Administration, which is expressing “concern” about the rate of progress being made in Korean diplomacy, interfering with US plans to keep sanctions against North Korea tightly in place.
South Korea’s President Moon has been increasingly open in his disagreement with the US on the matter, saying North Korea deserves some rewards for its progress made toward denuclearization.
As the two Koreas build up their diplomatic, cultural, and especially economic ties to one another, it will become impossible for the US to use South Korea as a base for war against North Korea, as the SK military will no longer comply, whatever the “official” command structure. There will probably be no formal “reunification,” but why would they need it? “Denuclearization” of NK by US dictates will be seen as the ridiculous joke that it is.
There remains the danger that the USA will attack North Korea which is the whole point of the nuclear development so far-to deter the belligerent USA.
A mutual defense pact between the Koreas would end the US threat, as all the US bases would be surrounded in the case of US attack.
great!
Moon . . .saying North Korea deserves some rewards for its progress
I’m not aware of any evidence of President Moon saying anything about rewards. A reduction of sanctions is not a reward, rather it’s an integral part of the implementation of the Panmunjon Joint Declaration.