and for an expert analysis of North Korea's missile launch dr. kim hyun-wook
professor at the korea national diplomatic academy joins us on the phone
today hello professor how are you good now this is the second
time in a week that North Korea has test a missile so why is the North launching
missiles at a time like this well I think that there still exists a huge gap
between the u.s. and North Korea about the denuclearization I think you know
North Korea wants some sort of a significant sanction lifting in exchange
for the dismantlement of young beam facilities but I don't think the US
would willing would be willing me to you know lifted sanctions for the young
beyond facilities are dismantlement so I think North Korea would think that if
even though they come into a working level talk with the United States it
would not be easy for them to come up with an agreement and maybe North Korea
is trying to pressure not the United States so that u.s. would change its
posture towards North Korea before working labor talk begins same thing is
happening in the United States u.s. you know pompe secretary Pompeo mentioned
again there that there should be some other creative solution brought by North
Korea to the working-level talk so I think that these kinds of our gaps
between two countries is a you know making North Korea to test its a
ballistic short-range ballistic missiles to pressure the United States now does
today's test countenance or violation of United Nations Security Council
resolutions I mean would we expect toughen sanctions against North Korea
now yes a United Nations Security Council representative mention that it
is definitely a violation of UN sanctions and also there was a you know
extra UN United Nations sanctions last year posing one individual of North
Korea as targets of sanctions but this type this this extra sanction was very
light very soft so I think this was for the purpose more of the domestic
politics there is a ongoing criticism by Congress and experts in wash
DC on you know Trump's North Korea policies so I think a president Trump
needs to deal with all these kinds of lead in public opinions inside North
inside the United States which is negative about the prison Trump's North
Korea policies but I don't think the real Tom extra sanctions on North Korea
would not be happening as far as the talk is ongoing between North Korea and
the United States so how would today's missile launch
affect future denuclearization talks with the US well I don't think this
kinds of pressure by North Korea would be easily change the u.s. posture
towards North Korea I mean President Trump definitely has has is facing the
domestic general election phase but this doesn't mean that he can easily have a
very stupid deal with North Korea which would be another in a headache for him
domestically inside the United States another concern for him might be that
what if there is no success in agreement in the working-level talkity in the US
and North Korea because North Korea has mentioned that you know it will test
ICBM and another nuclear test might be possibly at the end of this year or
early next year if there is no deal between two countries but I don't think
this would be easy for North Korea because if North Korea does that I mean
the nectar is passed by the United States would be something something like
a theory and Fire gam by President Trump which I don't think North Korea would be
easily you know has a capability to handle all these kinds of the policies
of our present Trump on North Korea so things are very uncertain in the future
but other thing for now two countries our positions are very solid and put in
tact I don't think this kinds of pressure by North Korea would be you
know changing the you know the nuclearization
talk path in the future all right thank you so much for your insight today
professor thank you