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Leaked N. Korean Document Shows Internal Policy Against Denuclearization

Baik Sung-won

   WASHINGTON - Christy Lee contributed to this report which originated on
   VOA's Korean Service.

   An official North Korean document obtained by the Voice of America
   suggests Kim Jong Un does not intend to give up his regime's nuclear
   weapons, a position that appears to contradict the Trump
   administration's certainty that North Korea will denuclearize.

   The document is a teaching guide for instructing top military officials
   on Pyongyang's official internal position prior to a second summit with
   U.S. President Donald Trump. The document makes clear that Kim saw the
   meeting in Hanoi to strike "a final deal" as a means to acceptance as a
   "global nuclear strategic state."

   Kim is quoted as saying he would use the meeting "to further
   consolidate nuclear power that we have created."

   The Hanoi summit failed to reach a deal due to a clash of views on
   denuclearization and sanctions relief.

   In response to the document VOA obtained on Sunday, a State Department
   spokesperson told VOA Korean Service on Monday that "President Trump
   remains committed to the goals the two leaders set out at the Singapore
   summit of transformed U.S.-North Korea relations, building lasting
   peace, and complete denuclearization."

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