From Josh Rogin, The Washington Post: "When Vice President Pence spoke at the Korean demilitarized zone on Monday, he said that the United States sought to solve the North Korean crisis “through peaceable means and negotiations,” after increasing pressure on the Pyongyang regime. But in an interview with me on Wednesday afternoon, he adopted a harder line: The Trump administration, he said, demands that North Korea abandon its nuclear and ballistic missile programs without any promise of direct negotiations with the United States."
Official U.S. North Korean Policy: Regime Change Through Beijing; "We're NOT Talking Anymore"4/20/2017 Pence: The United States Is Not Seeking Negotiations With North Korea From Josh Rogin, The Washington Post: "When Vice President Pence spoke at the Korean demilitarized zone on Monday, he said that the United States sought to solve the North Korean crisis “through peaceable means and negotiations,” after increasing pressure on the Pyongyang regime. But in an interview with me on Wednesday afternoon, he adopted a harder line: The Trump administration, he said, demands that North Korea abandon its nuclear and ballistic missile programs without any promise of direct negotiations with the United States." Beijing-Pyongyang, friendship over? China’s leading Korean War scholar Shen Zhihua has joined the chorus of advocates calling for China to take a tougher line with North Korea by saying the two are “no longer brothers in arms”. Asia Unhedged reports that Beijing, by allowing such criticism of a fundamental pillar of foreign policy, is considering a major shift in how it handles Pyongyang. READ THE STORY HERE Analysts who examine satellite images of North Korea reported on Wednesday that they had spotted some unexpected activity at the country’s nuclear test site: active volleyball games in three separate areas. – New York Times
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