Randy W Posted June 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 Cheering crowds welcome Xi Jinping to North Korea for the first time Link to comment
Randy W Posted June 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 (edited) from the SCMP on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/355665009819/posts/10157298717619820/ South China Morning Post 5 hrs ・ Quote In a highly choreographed display of affection, Chinese President Xi Jinping received a warm welcome to North Korea. Edited December 21, 2020 by Randy W fix goobers (see edit history) Link to comment
chilton747 Posted June 29, 2019 Report Share Posted June 29, 2019 One can only hope for a favorable outcome!I think it is possible. The citizens really need a good break! Link to comment
amberjack1234 Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 Hey, ole guy hows things? Link to comment
Randy W Posted June 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 (edited) from the Global Times on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/globaltimesnews/photos/a.123349831079259/2397871196960433/ Global Times 58 mins · Quote #Trump crosses inter-Korean border, becoming 1st sitting US president to step into North Korea. Edited December 21, 2020 by Randy W (see edit history) 1 Link to comment
chilton747 Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 Hey, ole guy hows things?Doin purdy guud and you? Link to comment
chilton747 Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 Glad to see that Trump is not giving up. Link to comment
amberjack1234 Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 Hey, ole guy hows things?Doin purdy guud and you? Can't complain to much. Glad to see you come around. Link to comment
chilton747 Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 You too bro! Man have things changed here! Link to comment
amberjack1234 Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 Sure has we have a new bus driver now (Ole Randy) and a totally new clientele than the old days. You keep coming around to see us old alligators ya hear. Some of us still here. You still in the music buiness? How about your health is it still holding up? You sound like it has. Holler at us now and again. 1 Link to comment
Randy W Posted July 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2019 from the Global Times on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/globaltimesnews/videos/357376414952522/ Global Times14 hrs · #NorthKorea is unlikely to abandon nuclear weapons in 10 yrs. The key to the future is to set up a more stable and peaceful regional order in the context of North Korea’s possession of nuclear weapons: Yan Xuetong, a leading Chinese expert on foreign policy https://www.facebook.com/globaltimesnews/videos/357376414952522/ Link to comment
Randy W Posted July 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 (edited) . . . and an article (and a very good analysis) from the GT) Will Kim-Trump DMZ meet set doves cooing? Quote Most importantly, the Trump administration has realized that resolution of the nuclear issue needs a drawn-out process of multilateral cooperation. Not only did Trump's plan of complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization (CVID) fail to pass Pyongyang's muster, it also lacked rationality. Since the second half of 2018, Washington has renamed CVID as FFVD (final, fully verifiable denuclearization). Trump has had to focus on long-term containment rather than short-term solutions. Reality demands that US policy on North Korea be flexible. In the near future, the maximum pressure technique might have to give way to strategic forbearance. Trump intended to break the impasse in denuclearization negotiations on the peninsula during his trip to the DMZ by sending a strong signal to adopt political solutions. The Trump administration is also likely to move closer to Beijing and Moscow in terms of the solution framework. Will this DMZ meeting lead to an official Kim-Trump summit in Washington? First, it depends on the progress of negotiations. From the US perspective, the possibility to lift economic sanctions on North Korea hinges on Pyongyang's steps in the future. Second, the US sense of urgency to resolve the nuclear issue needs to be factored in. In the long run, the current impasse is to North Korea's disadvantage. If Kim goes to the US, he must realize that he is dealing with a powerful adversary. However, the third Kim-Trump summit will not materialize until a new and greater political compromise is struck. The author is professor and director of the School of International Politics, Institute of Politics and Public Management, Yanbian University. opinion@globaltimes.com.cn Edited December 21, 2020 by Randy W (see edit history) Link to comment
amberjack1234 Posted July 7, 2019 Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 It is not going to happen overnight as Trump thought at the beginning it will take a long time in my opinion. If it ever fully materializes but the rockets, for the time being, have at least stopped. Link to comment
chilton747 Posted July 8, 2019 Report Share Posted July 8, 2019 It is not going to happen overnight as Trump thought at the beginning it will take a long time in my opinion. If it ever fully materializes but the rockets, for the time being, have at least stopped.Yeah all they are doing is sinking their short range missiles into the sea. This is progress! Link to comment
Allon Posted July 10, 2019 Report Share Posted July 10, 2019 They may have been short range but they went high in altitude. They were testing whether they had enough thrust to reach the US. They do. So now they are in production mode rather than testing. Link to comment
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