SEOUL – The U.S. policy of North Korean denuclearization is not working, long-time journalist Michael Breen told NK News in the second of a two-part interview with the “honorary” Seoul citizen.

The former Washington Times and Guardian correspondent has been here long enough to notice the same trends, whether it’s non-Koreans completely misdiagnosing the North, or how attitudes among South Koreans towards the North change.

“The Americans are fixated on nuclear weapons –– they don’t have a broad strategic vision,” Breen told NK News from his downtown Seoul office, a mini tower block at the end of a dusty lane,