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김기창(Keechang Kim) Profile picture
김기창(Keechang Kim)
@youknowit2
Professor of Law at Korea University. Never imagined that I would be supporting Trump's foreign policy! But this is an extraordinary moment for Koreans.
Jul 30, 2018 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
In this thread, I shall talk about three fallacies of the US media's approach to NK issues.

1. "Maximum sanctions": The assumption that sanctions can somehow "force" NK to denuke is fundamentally wrong. It is a naive, wishful thinking, one-sided fantasy of a poor quality. 1/8 Trump and Kim already agreed in Singapore that NK's denuke can only happen "voluntarily" when mutual confidence is built and peace is in place. Sanctions can only hamper the mutual confidence building and prolong hostile US-NK relationship, thus postponing everything. 2/8