How North Korea Learned to Live With 'Fire and Fury'
Kim Jong Un’s concessions on his weapons program suggest that he has adapted to President Trump’s threats.
by Andrei Lankov
Apr 22, 2018
3 minutes
It's astonishing how quickly the story of the North Korea crisis seems to have changed from one of fear to one of optimism. It was less than a year ago that the U.S. president was threatening “fire and fury” against Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, to touting upcoming talks with him. It is not the case, as Trump Sunday morning, that the North “agreed to denuclearization.” But the North’s recent declarations that it would at least talk about denuclearization,
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