In a new article for The National Interest, Korea Society President Tom Byrne writes, “Chairman Kim Jong-un declared in his New Year’s speech that 2019 will be the year for economic development. A brighter economic future would be best served by rapid progress in verified denuclearization.”
In a new article for The National Interest, Korea Society Senior Director Stephen Noerper says that the Trump-Kim summit will yield “a limited declaration of some North Korean missile and nuclear capabilities and some acceptance of verification in exchange for a lessening of sanctions, aid package & move towards normalization.”
Thomas Byrne of The Korea Society says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s New Year address had an “underlying element of frustration” over a lack of progress in negotiations with the U.S.
“I am one American who would like to see South Korea in the lead of this process, bringing North Korea into the world… and perhaps the U.S. advising caution here and there.” – Korea Society Chairman Thomas Hubbard
Stephen Noerper, senior director at the Korea Society in New York says, “Should South Korea request some sanctions relief aimed at economic aid that is part of inter-Korean easing, the U.S. should be able to live with that… North Korea has to show progress to give Moon the political space he needs to proceed.”
Thomas Byrne, President, Korea Society, joined Doug Krizner and Paul Allen on Daybreak Asia, discussing the latest on relations between the U.S. and North Korea, starting with President Trump’s reaction to reports of undeclared nuclear sites.
Senior Director Stephen Noerper says “I don’t see Moon as Kim’s spokesperson, but as a leader who needs Kim and Trump amenable to agreement.”
President Donald Trump’s trade war threatens the possibility of peace in Korea, say Korea Society President Thomas Byrne and Chairman Ambassador Thomas Hubbard in a new Reuters Breaking Views article. The two write, “Capricious auto tariffs on the flimsy pretext of national security only complicates denuclearization negotiations already fraught with mistrust.”
Stephen Noerper write on the latest developments in US-Korea relations in in Comparative Connections:
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[VIDEO LINK] Dr. Stephen Noerper spoke to i24 television about Trump, Pompeo, and North Korea.
