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2017.06.28
| Won | Pyongyang | Sinuiju | Hyesan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exchange Rate | 8,070 | 8,050 | 8,095 |
| Rice Price | 5,800 | 6,000 | 5,900 |
The United States does not aim to overturn the North Korean regime, and is keen to achieve a “peaceful relationship” with a denuclearized North Korea, according to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
Speaking at a press conference with U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Japanese Foreign Minister Kishida Fumio and Japanese Defense Minister Onodera Itsunori in Tokyo yesterday, Secretary of State Kerry declared, “The six parties involved in the Six-Party Talks have made it crystal clear we are prepared to reengage in those talks, we are prepared to have a peaceful relationship with North Korea.”
Most notably, Kerry held out the carrot of an agreement with Washington, telling Pyongyang, “We are prepared to sign a non-aggression agreement, providing North Korea decides to denuclearize and to engage in legitimate negotiations to achieve that end.”
Foreign Minister Kishida reinforced Kerry’s comments, adding, “[Japan and the United States] are decidedly opposed to the attempt to change the status quo through coercion, and we agreed that particularly the rule of law is critically important for the entire region here, as well as the international community.”
However, Kerry was also critical, calling North Korea a "nation that has behaved outside of any standards of rule of law and any of the norms of international behaviour,” going on, “North Korea needs to understand that the United States of America is prepared to engage in negotiations, providing North Korea makes it clear that those negotiations begin with the issue of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula.”
Irrespective of the moderate tone adopted by Kerry and the other speakers, North Korea is unlikely to respond positively to the content, since the event also saw frequent reference to the North Korea “threat,” as well as collaborative defense activities to counter “North Korea’s ballistic missiles.” Pyongyang is likely to frame these as evidence of the “confrontational stance” of Japan, the United States, and South Korea.
Speaking at a press conference with U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Japanese Foreign Minister Kishida Fumio and Japanese Defense Minister Onodera Itsunori in Tokyo yesterday, Secretary of State Kerry declared, “The six parties involved in the Six-Party Talks have made it crystal clear we are prepared to reengage in those talks, we are prepared to have a peaceful relationship with North Korea.”
Most notably, Kerry held out the carrot of an agreement with Washington, telling Pyongyang, “We are prepared to sign a non-aggression agreement, providing North Korea decides to denuclearize and to engage in legitimate negotiations to achieve that end.”
Foreign Minister Kishida reinforced Kerry’s comments, adding, “[Japan and the United States] are decidedly opposed to the attempt to change the status quo through coercion, and we agreed that particularly the rule of law is critically important for the entire region here, as well as the international community.”
However, Kerry was also critical, calling North Korea a "nation that has behaved outside of any standards of rule of law and any of the norms of international behaviour,” going on, “North Korea needs to understand that the United States of America is prepared to engage in negotiations, providing North Korea makes it clear that those negotiations begin with the issue of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula.”
Irrespective of the moderate tone adopted by Kerry and the other speakers, North Korea is unlikely to respond positively to the content, since the event also saw frequent reference to the North Korea “threat,” as well as collaborative defense activities to counter “North Korea’s ballistic missiles.” Pyongyang is likely to frame these as evidence of the “confrontational stance” of Japan, the United States, and South Korea.
