Whether North Korea Quits Nuclear Program Depends on America

In reference to North Korea’s meeting with countries concerned with the Korean War Armistice Agreement and the signing of a peace treaty between North and South Korea, the U.S. government announced that the Obama administration is willing to discuss a treaty, but North Korea must first return to six-party talks and take “affirmative steps” toward dismantling its nuclear program.

Through this report we can see that America refused to discuss a peace treaty before North Korea carries out dismantling its nuclear program, so whether North Korea quits nuclear refinement or not is up to America.

Before President Obama stepped into power, he declared that he would meet state officials of North Korea in person, expecting an established and harmonious U.S.-North Korean partnership by 2012. Though President Obama says “change” all the time, America’s generic strategy for the Asia-Pacific region has not changed. U.S. strategy regarding North Korea has not changed either, as the U.S. government refuses to make many reciprocal concessions.

As we know, America considers North Korea as one of the three “axes of evil,” attacking North Korean officials publicly time and again, trying to overturn North Korean administration in both overt and covert ways. America has tens of thousands of troops stationed in South Korea and Japan and engages in mock war scenarios in which North Korean is the hypothetical enemy. In these scenarios, the U.S. also simulates the use of nuclear weapons. Under such circumstances, how can North Korea dismantle its nuclear program?

As for nuclear and non-nuclear nations, America has two different standards. An example can be seen in how it treats North Korea and Iran as compared to Israel. Due to such biased policies, it will be hard for North Korea to accept America’s proposition.

Asking North Korea to stop nuclear development is an attempt at spreading U.S. hegemony. If America gave up its nuclear monopoly and hegemony first, North Korea would stop as well. President Obama, a Nobel Prize winner, should take action to ratify the North Korea issue.