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Experts: Trump's Letter to Kim Shows N Korea Dialogue Still Matters

Ham Ji-ha

   President Donald Trump's attempt to reengage North Korea through
   "anti-epidemic" help offered through a letter sent to the country's
   leader Kim Jong Un is an effort to show the U.S. remains open to
   dialogue even amid the coronavirus pandemic, experts said.

   "The main point here is that the U.S. continues to send signals that
   reinforce a posture of openness to dialogue with North Korea," said
   Scott Snyder, director of the program on U.S.-Korea policy at the
   Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).

   "We continue to say that the door is open in various ways, and the
   coronavirus response is one specific area where both countries could
   begin engagement with each other if they decide to do so," Snyder
   continued.

   Trump sent a personal letter to the regime's leader, according to a
   [1]statement by his sister Kim Yo Jong, issued through the country's
   official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Sunday.

References

   1. https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1584815806-877901934/kim-yo-jong-first-vice-department-director-of-wpk-central-committee-issues-statement/

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