South Korea says sanctions do not aim to bring down North Korea

Sanctions on North Korea aim to pressure it to give up its nuclear ambitions, not to bring down the government, South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha told the Conference on Disarmament at the United Nations in Geneva on Tuesday.

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27 Feb 2018 06:36PM

Ricky Lim · 

Singapore

"Sanctions are not an end in themselves and not meant to bring down North Korea but to make it understand that its future lies not in nuclear weapons but in working with the global community towards denuclearlisation," Kang said.
"Our consistent message should be that it must make the right decision. And if it does, we are ready to work together towards a brighter and prosperous future for North Korea."
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Posted on:- 25 Feb 2018

Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
Think for the denuclearisation talk to progress and succeed, important to emphasize the following :-
(1) Security assurance that N Korea will not be attack. The same go for S Korea - to be assured that it will not be attacked.
Security and safety are paramount.

(2) Economic development, lifting of sanctions, business, investment etc --- can then be discussed in conjunction to denuclearisation talk.
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Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
N Korea should take the cue and solace from China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos --- that it is possible to follow their footstep to emerge from isolation - and integrate successfully with the World whether economically, socially, politically, militarily --- without causing harm to their Government or People.

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