Northeast Asia

We have to understand very clearly what Kim’s phrase ["denuclearization"] means. Based on how North Korea has elaborated on its conditions in the past, it probably means, at some point, the end of U.S.-R.O.K. alliance, the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Korean Peninsula, the end of the U.S. nuclear umbrella. None of these things are something American or South Korean government would contemplate.