Kim Jong Un invites South Korea's President Moon to Pyongyang
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10 Feb 2018 02:57PM (Updated: 10 Feb 2018 03:08PM)

Ricky Lim · 

Singapore

If Korea Peninsula can ensure eventual peace, denuclearisation  and subsequent prosperity - it means that social media can help to achieve Peace without firing even a single shot.
All will be winners, and there are no losers.

It is far more superior than winning battles in a war - where all are losers and there are no winners in a MAD (Mutual Assured Destruction).

禅法是上乘。
兵法是下乘。

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Ricky Lim · 

Singapore

Maybe the 1st step is to transform the Korean Armistice Agreement (truce deal) - into a Peace deal.
This can help to signify that hostility and truce is over.

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Yan Sen

Peaceful unification on the Korean peninsula seems highly unlikely for the foreseeable future. One might even question if North Korea's current leader Kim sees unification to be in his own interests. In fact, unification is an inconvenient agenda for the Koreas and their respective supportive nations, given the opposing security interests between the US, Russia and China.

Kim is also highly unlikely to denuclearise as long as the leader continues to view nuclear weaponry as a source of leverage. Neither is he providing any assurance that he is restrained in the usage of nuclear weapons. As long as this is the case, nuclear weapons will likely remain a source of tensions on a polarized peninsula.

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Ricky Lim · 

Singapore

Whether will it be a unified Korea or 2 Koreas operate separately but with less hositility and tension is still not cast into iron. It will depend on the wish of the 2 Koreas.

As for denuclearisation, it is not possible to expect 一步登天。
But to 登天, it can always start with a small but positive step.

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Ricky Lim · 

Singapore

N Korea is as human as anyone.
They don't come from outer space and behave differently from human.

As long as outsiders can emphatize with them and think from their shoes - then it will not be impossible to break the impasse.

I believe that as long as N Korea feel secure and safe (not feel that they are a whipping boy 打落水狗), and when trust and confidence is build up - a breakthrough may become possible.

China during Mr Deng Xiao Ping's time.
Vietnam when joining ASEAN.
Cambodia and Laos with support from both China and ASEAN --- also need some confidence, some trust, some courage - to emerge from isolation and start to integrate with the World Community.

With trust, with confidence, with some coaxing --- I believe N Korea will be able to finally emerge and join everybody else into the World Community.

The important thing is - try to encourage them, provide them positive feedback and give them assurance that the World is not out there to clobber them - but instead want the help them to integrate with the World so that they can benefit economically and give them the security assurance that peace will prevail in Korea Peninsula.

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