– North Korea has become one of three countries capable of continental attacking [części] United States – alerted Czung on Monday during a visit to Germany on the occasion of the anniversary of the unification of this country.
The minister's statement referred to intercontinental ballistic missiles program (ICBM), implemented by the north – assessed Yonhap. The regime in Pyongyang maintains that it has achieved “irreversible hegemony status” in the development of this weapon-after North Korea in October last year successfully tested the HWASONG-19 missile, capable of setting goals in the US territory.
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North Korea has entered a new stage
Czung emphasized that The current “strategic position” of North Korea is different than in 2018, when its leader Kim Jong Un met with US President Donald Trump. According to the minister, recognizing this new reality should be a “starting point” in further contacts with the regime in Pyongyang.
Referring to the possibility of resuming Kim-Trump conversations, Chung suggested that possible economic reforms and The larger opening of the North to the world will become possible “only through cooperation” with Seulbecause Washington may not be willing to finance this process, even in the event of an agreement with North Korea in security issues.
North and South Korea have been formally at war for over 70 years, Because the armed conflict of 1950-53 ended with the signing of an agreement on a truce, not a peace treaty.
