Kim Jong Un 'cannot denuclearise', says former North Korean diplomat defected to South

North Korea’s supreme leer Kim Jong Un will not give up nuclear arsenal but he may be willing to negotiate an arms reduction to scrap some international sanctions impacting economy, reportedly said nation’s former acting ambassor to Kuwait. In first interview since defecting to South over a year ago, Ryu Hyeon-woo told CNN that "North Korea's nuclear power is directly linked to stability of regime" and Kim likely believes that nuclear weapons are ‘key’ to his survival as a supreme leer. Ryu reportedly also noted that previous US ministrations h isolated mselves in corner by demanding denuclearisation directly in negotiations with secretive state. 

" US can't back down from denuclearization and Kim Jong Un cannot denuclearize," Ryu told media outlet. former North Korean diplomat h opted name Ryo on defecting to South who is also one of several high-profile officials of Pyongyang to be in Seoul. As per report, North Korea’s top diplomat in Italy h fled to South Korea in 2019 and Thae Yong-ho, former deputy ambassor to United Kingdom, defected in 2016. Ryu and his family left North in September 2019 but it was me public last week. 

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Ryu’s interview with CNN came after Korean Central News Agency on January 18 reported that parliament h passed a decision to back Kim’s push to boost nuclear deterrent and establish plans to savage country’s dismal economy. Reportedly, members of Supreme People’s Assembly unanimously supported development plans for next five years. se plans were revealed during Workers’ Party congress that ended earlier this month. 

Kim called for accelerated national efforts to build a military arsenal during party congress, as per reports. He also announced a long wish-list of new sophisticated assets. This included longer-range intercontinental ballistic missiles, nuclear-powered submarines, spy satellites and tactical nuclear weapons. Recently, describing it as “world’s most powerful weapon”, North Korea’s huge military pare on January 14 included a developmental ballistic missile designed for launch from submarines, state agency reported. 

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