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The following article is an opinion piece by Rob York, director for regional affairs at the Pacific Forum. Views expressed in opinion articles and columns are exclusively the author’s own and do not represent those of NK News.
If the U.S. is to make any progress on the North Korea issue going forward, both “engagers” and “containers” are going to have to stop their moral grandstanding and ask themselves some difficult questions.
Essentially, an engager is someone who thinks that a peaceful outreach program toward North Korea, such as the Agreed Framework or
The following article is an opinion piece by Rob York, director for regional affairs at the Pacific Forum. Views expressed in opinion articles and columns are exclusively the author’s own and do not represent those of NK News.
Rob York is director for regional affairs at the Pacific Forum. He previously worked as a production editor for The South China Morning Post and chief editor of NK News. He is also a Ph.D. candidate in Korean history at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.