SEOUL -Regime survival is the primary driving force behind North Korea’s nuclear program, foreign affairs, and domestic policy, said Moon Chung-in in the second of a two-part interview with NK News.

Analysis from figures like Andrei Lankov suggesting that the DPRK nuclear program might be used as a bargaining chip is misleading U.S. foreign policy, Moon said. He believes that “numerous attempts at negotiation have all failed because of this incorrect assessment.”

In calling for further sanctions and isolation, Moon criticizes American commentators like Victor Cha and Michael Green. “Cha and Green have witnessed that sanctions did not work while