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.

“Trump hasn’t shown determination or resolve to utilize this last chance to fulfill the denuclearization through peaceful means,” Chun, who now serves as Chairman of the Korean