Army Gen. Vincent Brooks

Panel: North Korea Positioning Itself to Play ‘Nuclear Blackmail’

Kim Jong Un speaking. KCNA Photo

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, after boasting Pyongyang intended to remain a nuclear power, hasn’t completely shut the door on diplomacy with Washington, a panel of security experts said Wednesday.

Retired Army Gen. Vincent Brooks, the former U.S. commander in Korea, said Kim’s “nuclear arsenal is not an end to itself, but a lever” to be used for regime survival in a very broad sense.

During a Hudson Institute online forum today, he asked rhetorically, “what’s...

https://news.usni.org/2021/03/24/panel-north-korea-positioning-itself-to-play-nuclear-blackmail

Former U.S. Forces Korea CO: Pausing Exercises ‘No Longer Relevant’ to North Korea Nuclear Negotiations

Republic of Korea Army soldiers stand resolute at the iconic Joint Security Area where South and North Korean soldiers stand face to face across the Korean Demilitarized Zone, Panmunjom, South Korea, June 19, 2018. US Army Photo

The former top commander in South Korea said he thinks continuing to halt large-scale military exercises “is no longer relevant” as a negotiating tool with North Korea over denuclearizing the peninsula.

Retired Army Gen. Vincent Brooks, speaking at an Atlantic Council...

https://news.usni.org/2020/10/06/former-u-s-forces-korea-co-pausing-exercises-no-longer-relevant-to-north-korea-nuclear-negotiations

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