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It is becoming more and more clear who the Biden administration is choosing to fill its diplomatic posts. The diplomatic lineup includes hardliners who have dealt with North Korean policy in the past and are intimately familiar with the nature of the North Korean regime. This will likely create friction with South Korea\u2019s appeasement policy toward North Korea.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The new US administration officially announced the outlines of its North Korea policy for the first time on Jan. 22. Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, stated that the US \u201cstill has a vital interest in deterring North Korea\u201d and that they will \u201cadopt a new strategy.\u201d The comments expressed the new administration\u2019s willingness not to repeat the Trump era\u2019s mistakes. The comments showed the Biden administration\u2019s desire to diverge policy-wise from its predecessor, not only in its approach to the denuclearization issue but also in its overall policy toward North Korea.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Biden\u2019s policy toward North Korea is likely to comprehensively deal with the denuclearization issue and other issues such as that of North Korean human rights. Biden has nominated many candidates to senior positions in the State Department who have managed North Korea policy in past administrations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who served as longtime diplomacy and security advisor to President Biden, stated on Jan. 20 his intention to review all North Korea-related policies, adding that he will focus equally on \u201csecurity and humanitarian aspects.\u201d His comments expressed the new administration\u2019s intent to focus on the human rights problems faced by the North Korean people, something that the Trump administration had neglected.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Joe Biden. \/ Image: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wendy Sherman, the deputy secretary of state, is as much of a hardliner toward North Korea as Blinken. As the Clinton administration\u2019s policy coordinator for North Korea, she argued the need for tough sanctions to solve the North Korean nuclear issue, and was deeply involved with carrying out the policy of \u201cstrategic patience\u201d as deputy secretary of state during Obama\u2019s second term. In October 2000, she also met Kim Jong Il when she accompanied Secretary of State Albright on her visit to Pyongyang. These experiences likely allowed her to understand the human rights situation in North Korea.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The former US ambassador to South Korea, Sung Kim, was appointed as acting assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. His appointment also emphasizes the importance the new administration is placing on the North Korean human rights issue. In the past, Kim has stressed the need for a diplomatic resolution to the North Korean nuclear issue while simultaneously arguing for strengthening sanctions and resolving the human rights issue. Jake Sullivan, the White House\u2019s national security advisor, along with Kurt Campbell, the administration\u2019s \u201cAsia Tsar,\u201d also have hardline stances toward North Korea.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There is a high likelihood that if these advisors put pressure on North Korea while carrying out President Biden\u2019s human rights and democracy-oriented policies, these policies will clash with South Korea\u2019s so-called \u201cDon\u2019t Ask\u201d policy of engagement with North Korea. During his New Year\u2019s press conference on Jan. 18, President Moon Jae-in mentioned the possibility of inter-Korean cooperation projects in anticipation of a future Kim Jong Un visit to South Korea. Furthermore, arguing that Kim\u2019s resolve for peace and denuclearization was clear, he misinterpreted North Korea\u2019s plans regarding tactical nuclear weapons for use in an invasion of South Korea to reunify the peninsula by force, an intention put on full display by Kim during the recent Eighth Party Congress. While saying that the North Korean authorities want a clear reassurance from the US on regime security to normalize relations, Moon showed no aversion to being a spokesperson for Kim.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The North Korean human rights issue could become a stumbling block in improving US-ROK relations. The new Biden administration\u2019s diplomatic and security officials will all emphasize the human rights issue. The denuclearization and human rights issues will be the two axes of the wheel that will propel Biden\u2019s North Korea policy forward.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Kim Jong Un at the leadership podium during the Party Foundation Day military parade in Pyongyang on Oct. 10, 2020. \/ Image: KCNA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What about the South Korean perception of North Korean human rights? Moon, a former human rights lawyer, has remained thoroughly mute on the human rights issue facing the North Korean people, as he has contributed to the abolition of North Koreans\u2019 awareness of freedom and human rights by banning anti-North Korean leaflets that bothered the Kim\u2019s sister, and, at the UN, neglecting to mention anything of value regarding the adoption of South Korea\u2019s North Korean Human Rights Law.<\/span><\/p>\n

The gap between the US and South Korea\u2019s overall perception of North Korea, including issues such as denuclearization and human rights, is the most important dividing line between the two countries. Previous cracks in the relationship experienced during the Kim Dae Jung and Roh Moo Hyun administrations may rear their heads again.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The US-South Korea relationship is a story of love and hate. If it were a person, it would be celebrating its 70th birthday. While the past 68 years of the US-South Korean relationship have sometimes seen good days, there have also been crises edging it close to the brink of divorce. Crises that could have led to divorce have occurred frequently in the relationship\u2019s twilight years, particularly with the advent of progressive governments in South Korea from the 2000s. The cause of this discord has centered around perceptions of North Korea and the resulting differences in the policies of the two countries toward North Korea.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Even if the North Korean authorities have been vague about their intentions to denuclearize in the past, that North Korea showed off the fact it possesses nuclear weapons, and the threat posed by these weapons put on display at the Eighth Party Congress, demonstrate that there is no room for repeating past discrepancies in the two countries\u2019 policies on North Korea. The US and South Korean governments should work closely together to ensure that democracy and awareness of human rights can take root in North Korea. In their policies on North Korea, genuine cooperation is required.<\/span><\/p>\n

*Translated by Vilde Olaussen<\/p>\n

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