Denuclearization of North Korea — Passed Over in Democratic and Republican Platforms — Erupts as an Issue at Seoul

Conservative government in South Korea responds almost angrily to absence of the issue from the party platforms in America.

Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, attends a ceremony featuring 600mm super-large multiple launch rocket systems at Pyongyang. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP

Seoul wants to make one thing totally clear: North Korea has got to denuclearize. The conservatives in power in South Korea are responding decisively, almost angrily, to the absence of “denuclearization” of the North from the platforms of both the Democratic and Republican parties. 

The South’s unification minister, Kim Yung-ho, responding to a question from the Sun, called for revision of the platforms of both parties when it came to the issue of standing up to North Korea on its nuclear program. 

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