North Korea vows sanctions will 'never work'
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28 Feb 2018 02:02AM (Updated: 28 Feb 2018 02:10AM)

Ricky Lim · 

Singapore

It look like US may not be able to hold talks - because the Trump administration is in a mess and is not able to provide a coherent diplomatic policy to resolve the nuclear crisis with N Korea.

(1) Trump say he is willing to talk under the right conditions.
But he is unable to elaborate what this conditions.
This show that US is in a mess and is unable to articulate what this conditions are.

(2) Trump is unable to even a US envoy to N Korea after more than 1 year.

(3) US top NK diplomat to negotiate announce retirement and resignation in this crucial moment when N Korea express willingness to talk.
This demonstrate that US does not have a coherent diplomatic engagement with NK on how to denuclearise.

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Ricky Lim · 

Singapore

Given the possibility that Trump administration competency of handling Korean nuclear crisis diplomatically is highly suspected --- there maybe a need to change tack to resolve this Korean nuclear crisis :-
(1) S Korea lead the diplomatic talk as chair - to bridge the talk between US and N Korea.
But looking at how Mike Pence react to N Korea Kim's sister and how Ivanka react to the Kim gemeral who bring along english translator ---- US is highly suspected of incapable to do a diplomatic talk.

(2) Call a 6 party talk - with S Korea, China, Japan, Russia, US with N Korea.

(3) Request UN Chief to arbitrate the talk = between S Korea, US with N Korea.

I think this may have helped to expedite the talk to diffuse the Korean Peninsula nuclear crisis.

I think the World should not leave it entirely to US to lead this Korean talk --- where Global security fear is too grave for the World - when US look highly incompetent to lead this talk especially when N Korea for the 1st time is willing to talk.

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Ricky Lim · 

Singapore

Trump administration mess must not be translated into Global survival threat - due to Trump mishandling of this Korean nuclear crisis.

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South Korea military drills with US to start in April

28 Feb 2018 11:01PM (Updated: 28 Feb 2018 11:11PM)

With the end of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Seoul said that the delayed joint military drills with the US will start in the first week of April, but this could change if North Korea decides to hold talks beforehand. 

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