北, 폼페이오와 '만족한 합의' 후 핵실험장 '폐기' 선언... 속도붙는 한반도 비핵화 논의 PART 4

North Korea's not only the one that's trying to take an upper hand in the negotiation.
In fact, Washington's also trying to make sure Pyongyang denuclearizes this time.

Right, and for that the U.S. is -- as we've seen for the last few days -- playing the 'economic prosperity card.'
Mike Pompeo has recently said that if Pyongyang completely denuclearizes, it would be able to achieve economic prosperity and the U.S. could bring capital to the regime.
That corresponds with Kim Jong-un's goal of building a better economy -- especially with 2018 being the third year of his five-year economic development plan.
Experts say that Washington actually touched upon something that North Korea wants -and maybe needs- the most.

"We've thought that North Korea's ultimate goal was to have nuclear weapons in order to guarantee its own survival, but that doesn't seem to be the case. What the regime wants is to form relations with other countries just like any normal state and achieve economic development. So to Kim Jong-un, prosperity -- though it could sound a little exaggerated -- is the ultimate goal."

Alright Jung-hee, thanks for the wrap-up today.

My pleasure.