Under the “military-first” policy of Kim Jong Il, North Korea’s ruler from 1994 to 2011 and father of the current leader, the NDC directed policy in areas such as the economy and foreign relations as well as national defense.
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“The Kim Jong-un power structure was formed by the creation of the SAC to replace the National Defense Commission as a follow-up measure to the seventh party congress”, the Ministry of Unification in Seoul said Thursday.
Russian Federation is no longer willing to accept the nuclear and military autonomy of North Korea, which is now seen as a free rider in the Asian context.
Although North Korea announced that it was just a name change, South Korean experts believe that it aims at further consolidating Kim’s leadership as they consider that the new body has broader functions than the preceding one.
Han, who formerly served at North Korea’s United Nations mission and lived in NY, said it would require “political resolve” in Washington to change its policies toward North Korea.
Lately, North Korea appears to be following the path that other nuclear-armed states have already taken. In response, he said, North Korea is willing to follow suit, regardless of what has happened in the past. Finally it does not wish to witness an increase of North Korea’s nuclear technological potential – a system which could even threaten China in the future.
The missile, which is fired from mobile launchers, has a design range of more than 3000km, meaning all of Japan and the United States territory of Guam are potentially within reach.
Efforts to prevent vertical and horizontal proliferation of the DPRK’s nuclear materials and technology can be a first step toward a long-term denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.
Seoul’s Defense Ministry said Monday that the three countries will carry out the drill in waters near Hawaii on Tuesday. More from Neal Conan in the Pacific News Minute.
“Since the founding of our country the United States has refused to accept our country as a sovereign state”, he said.
The Obama administration successfully negotiated with Iran to prevent the latter from becoming a new member of the nuclear club, at least for the time being.
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Carter said he did not know if the missile test could be called a success because he did not know what the objectives of the launch were.
