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Experts: Sanctions Relief Will Not Make North Korea Denuclearize

Christy Lee

   WASHINGTON - North Korea is unlikely to give up its nuclear weapons
   even if sanctions are eased, according to experts who think increasing
   pressure and enforcing sanctions will lead Pyongyang to relent on its
   nuclear program.

   "I do not believe North Korea would give up its nuclear weapons if
   sanctions are lifted," said Joseph Bosco, an East Asia expert at the
   Institute for Corean-American Studies (ICAS). "Instead, they would
   increase their demands."

   Joshua Stanton, a Washington-based attorney who helped draft the North
   Korea Sanctions Enforcement and Policy Enforcement Act in 2016, said,
   "If there is any chance of denuclearizing North Korea, it is to put so
   much pressure on Kim Jong Un that he or the generals around him decide
   that denuclearization is their only alternative to the collapse of the
   state."

   As talks on denuclearization between Washington and Pyongyang remain
   stalled, the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) members are divided on
   whether sanctions imposed on North Korea should be relaxed.

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