Changes in North Korea’s Policy
Changes in North Korea’s Policy

Author(s): Oskar Pietrewicz
Subject(s): Governance, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: North Korea; internal and external policy; relations with United States; Kim-Trump meeting; denuclearisation agreement;
Summary/Abstract: A report published on 1 January introduces changes in North Korea’s internal and foreign policy. The changes result from the stalemate in the country’s relations with the U.S. after the Kim-Trump meeting in Hanoi in February 2019. The document serves to prepare the elites and society for continued sanctions and also suggests rejecting the dialogue with the U.S. on the current terms and returning to the policy of forcing concessions from the U.S. North Korea wants to achieve this by strengthening its nuclear and ballistic missile potential, which reduces the already negligible prospects for a denuclearisation agreement.

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