The Trump administration is nearing its last chance to resolve the North Korean issue without a conflict, former South Korean chief nuclear negotiator at the Six Party Talks Chun Yung-woo told NK News in a recent interview.
The U.S. President is also making a “critical mistake” by assuming China will voluntary cooperate in resolving the problem, he said, as Beijing is "more afraid of regime collapse" than it is of a nuclear North Korea.
The Trump administration is nearing its last chance to resolve the North Korean issue without a conflict, former South Korean chief nuclear negotiator at the Six Party Talks Chun Yung-woo told NK News in a recent interview.
The U.S. President is also making a “critical mistake” by assuming China will voluntary cooperate in resolving the problem, he said, as Beijing is "more afraid of regime collapse" than it is of a nuclear North Korea.
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