Its Own Logic
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said that he will not use a nuclear weapon unless his enemies infringe upon the sovereignty of North Korea with nuclear weaponry.
According to experts, his remarks imply that the North is to form its diplomatic relations on the premise that it is a nuclear-weapon state and is unwilling to make a change in its nuclear policy down the road.
Meanwhile, he also stressed the importance of dialogue with regard to inter-Korean relations. “Independent unification between the two Koreas is an adamant determination of the Workers' Party of Korea,” he said in this context. In addition, he suggested a meeting between the military authorities of the North and the South while urging the South Korean government to get rid of obstacles to such talks.
“Such remarks from the North Korean leader seem to take into account his relations with the next South Korean government, not the Park Geun-hye administration, in that the remarks made at the Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea are in view of five to 10 years to come rather than the present day,” said Jeong Seong-jang, head of the Department of Unification Strategy Studies of the Sejong Institute.