South Korea’s presidential office has confirmed that they may hold a new round of direct talks with North Korea soon to try to improve dialogue between the US and North Korea since the failed Hanoi summit.
Since the Hanoi summit fell apart, with President Trump walking away,
the US and North Korea have both tried to advance their respective
narratives on what’s happened and whose fault it was. South Korea seemed
content to let them do that, so long as both sides kept insisting that
they were determined to continue talks.
Recently, however, both US and North Korean officials have gotten
increasingly hostile. The US is now accusing North Korea of planning new
missile tests, and North Korean officials are openly doubting whether
further talks are worthwhile.
South Korea stands to lose as much as anyone if these talks fail, and
that’s got them interested in trying to salvage the US-North Korea
diplomatic track. This isn’t the first time South Korea has felt the
need to step in like this, though clearly the US and North Korea, left
to their own devices, get into major problems quite often.
The South needs to blow off the obstructionist Americans and move forward with peace on the peninsula with the only other country that shares a right to it. By putting so much importance in America’s involvement they are only legitimizing our imperialist monopoly on diplomacy. This is not what the Korean people voted for when they put Moon into power. The first step to any lasting peace in Korea is sending the GI’s home where they belong. The second is demanding that Trump fire that psychopath John Bolton before he’s even aloud a seat back at the adults table.
South Korea can’t afford the sanctions if they disobey Uncle Sham.
China can. The New Silk Road could use another off-ramp.
How about we just send Kim Bolton’s head on a platter?