North Korea Sends Vice Foreign Minister to UN General Assembly

Should the world take a tougher approach with North Korea or attempt patient diplomacy?
North Korea Sends Vice Foreign Minister to UN General Assembly
Above: A delegation from North Korea led by Kim Son Gyong, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, leaves Pyongyang International Airport on Sept. 22. Image credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

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Narrative A

Decades of talks and sweeteners have never gotten a single warhead out of Pyongyang. It's time for the international community to take harsher measures and remind North Korea that its nuclear program is a burden, rather than a boon. This requires the U.N. and others to back sustained pressure, hard deterrence and negotiating from strength to end this threat.

Narrative B

Demands, sanctions and bluster have produced decades of nothing, all while Pyongyang has built up its nuclear arsenal and forged deeper ties with Moscow and Beijing. The U.N. and its member states must take a different approach, starting with ordinary diplomacy, phased limits and practical cooperation, while keeping disarmament as the long-term goal.


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