Kim Jong-un “Join-Join Cooperation in Action to Disturb Adversary Denuclearization dialogue resumes gloomy
Russia also moves to join the honeymoon… Concerns about intensifying’New Cold War’ vs. North Korea, China and Russia
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While the US is putting pressure on North Korea and China day after day by mentioning human rights and democracy, North Korea and China are showing close contact. There are concerns that if North Korea and China further strengthen the existing cooperative relationship and establish an’anti-American front’, the Moon Jae-in administration’s plan to reactivate the peace process on the Korean Peninsula by bringing North Korea into a forum for dialogue will also be a great burden. This is because North Korea may be reluctant to actively cooperate with the United States to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue, while closely cooperating with China as an escape from diplomatic isolation and passively engaging in dialogue with the United States.
The close movement between North Korea and China was confirmed when it was revealed that North Korea Chairman Kim Jong-un and Chinese President Xi Jinping had exchanged oral letters to strengthen bilateral relations shortly after the bursting sound came out at the high-level talks between the United States and China in Alaska on the 18th and 19th.
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According to a report by the Chosun Central News Agency on the 23rd, Chairman Kim emphasized in an oral letter sent to President Xi that “the two parties, the Joseon Dynasty, and the two countries will strengthen unity and cooperation by coping with the all-round challenges and hindering tactics of the hostile forces.” He added, “I am pleased with my own work that I am making remarkable achievements in the struggle to build a rudimentary wealthy society while firmly defending socialism amid the frantic slander and pressure of hostile forces.”
Although the country name has not been specifically specified, the expression’hostile force’ seems to refer to the West and the United States. The United States recently criticized China by mentioning human rights issues in Hong Kong and Xinjiang following Secretary of State Tony Blingen’s visit to Korea last week. Secretary Blincoln also criticized North Korea, saying, “We continue to commit systematic and widespread abuse of our own people.”
President Xi also said to Chairman Kim through a personal letter, “Under the new situation, I want to keep hands with North Korean comrades and make efforts to keep, solidify, and develop relations between North Korea and China.” The’new situation’ is read to mean the inauguration of the Biden government. In the end, it is interpreted as indicating that North Korea and China will respond in solidarity to the Biden administration’s criticism of North Korea and China.
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From the North Korean perspective, it is highly likely that the situation with the United States has increased due to the recent break-up with Malaysia and the situation is becoming more isolated diplomatically. The North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared a breakup with Malaysia, which handed over North Korean businessmen residing in their country to the United States, and warned the United States that it would “pay a price.”
The atmosphere of North Korea and China confronting the United States is formed, and the concerns of the Korean government are expected to deepen. For the progress of the peace process on the Korean peninsula, dialogue between the United States must precede the dialogue between the United States and the United States, as North Korea is more likely to choose ‘confrontation’ instead of ‘conversation’, and China also has increased room for passive response to the ROK-US ‘role theory of denuclearization. A diplomatic source analyzed that “from our point of view, we may be in a situation where we have to consider how to promote the peace process on the Korean Peninsula while looking at the international situation within the big frame of the US-China conflict.”
Russia’s actions are also paying attention. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Korea this evening after solidifying ties with China. This visit to Korea is part of an event commemorating the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and Russia, but it is expected that Russia’s perception of the recent situation on the Korean peninsula can also be seen.
In particular, President Biden answered “yes” to the reporter’s question whether he considered President Vladimir Putin as a’killer’ in an interview, and the tension in the mirror relations has increased. .
There is a possibility that the new Cold War composition between North Korea, China, Russia and Korea, the United States and Japan will become clearer if Russia joins the North and China. In this case, the options South Korea can take on North Korea policy could be further reduced.
Jo Sung-ryul, an advisory research fellow at the National Security Strategy Research Institute, explained, “North Korea may want to create a confrontational structure between North Korea, China, Russia and the US-Japan in line with diplomatic interests.”
/ Intern reporter Park Shin-won [email protected]
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