The second DPRK-USA summit, held in Hanoi in late February, ended with no agreement (Photo: VNA) Seoul (VNA) – Media in the Democratic People’sRepublic of Korea (DPRK) on March 12 ran stories affirming the country’s firmcommitments to work towards complete denuclearization.
This is the first time the DPRK media mentioneddenuclearization since the second DPRK-USA summit, held in Hanoi in late February,which ended with no agreement.
Uriminzokkiri, one of the sites for foreign relations of thecountry, posted a story stating that the persistent stance of the DPRK is toestablish new relationship with the US, build sustainable and long-term mechanismsin the Korean Peninsula, and head to the total denuclearization.
Regarding the Hanoi summit, the paper assessed that the eventcontributed to strengthening the mutual respect and trust between the twosides, bringing about important chances to lift up the bilateral relations to anew development period.
The story was released amidst information of new activitiesin missile testing site of the DPRK, raising concern that the country mayresume the tests after the summit.
The same day, the DPRK Today, another media outlet of the DPRK,also ran an article with similar contents, highlighting the steady standpointof Pyongyang towards denuclearization.
The Republic of Korea’s Yonhap news agency commented thatthe articles could be seen as an indication thatPyongyang has completed internal discussions on how to proceed with the nuclearnegotiations after the summit was abruptly cut short.
Analysts held that the move of theDPRK aimed to spread a message that the country will not make the situationworse.-VNA
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