Donald Trump’s push for the White House has caught the approving eye of North Korea, which appears to be relishing the potential strategic benefits of a Trump presidency.
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Beijing-Pyongyang ties have cooled significantly this year under North Korea’s young leader Kim Jong Un, largely due to his regime’s aggressive pursuit of nuclear weapon and missile technology.
The article is less friendly to Mr Trump’s likely presidential rival Hillary Clinton, describing her as “thick-headed Hillary”.
Following Ri’s schedule in China, which may include a meeting with Xi Jinping, the USA and China are supposed to discuss the North Korean nuclear issue with China next week, at upcoming talks in Beijing.
Both pieces referenced Trump’s repeated threat to withdraw USA troops from South Korea unless Seoul forks out more cash to cover the cost of their presence.
No peace treaty was ever signed after the Korean War and the DMZ is the world’s most militarised border, with two million North Korean, US and South Korean troops in an tense standoff across the 38th parallel of the Korean Peninsula.
Writer Han Yong-mook said that Trump’s policy on United States troops stationed overseas would lead to the withdrawal of troops from South Korea, a long-held North Korean wish.
DPRK Today is among a handful of news sites run by the isolated government in Pyongyang, although its content is not always handled by the main state-run media.
Han continues, “There are many positive aspects to Trump’s ‘inflammatory policies.’ Trump said he will not get involved in the war between the South and the North, isn’t this fortunate from North Korea’s perspective?”
North Korea conducted a failed missile launch Tuesday, the South Korean and USA militaries said, the fourth such test in recent months.
A North Korean envoy to China emphasized Kim Jong Un’s nuclear strategy during a meeting with a high-ranking Chinese diplomat on Tuesday, which could signify a diplomatic shift between Beijing and Pyongyang.
South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said the missile was a powerful intermediate-range Musudan, which could potentially reach USA military bases in Asia and the Pacific.
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Kim Hong-kyun, South Korea’s special representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs, said the three sides reached the agreement during trilateral talks in Tokyo earlier in the day.
