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<p>Chomsky Bombshell: US Rejected N. Korean Peace Offer <br>
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<p>Published 12 August 2017 Time Length: 8:06 <br>
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<p>Background information from sixteen months ago:<br>
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<p>Obama rejects North Korea's nuclear offer: 'You'll have to do
better than that' <br>
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<p>President says it will continue to stress ties to Japan and the
South until North gets more serious about denuclearization than
talk ‘based on a press release’</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/barack-obama"
data-link-name="auto-linked-tag"
data-component="auto-linked-tag" class="u-underline">Barack
Obama</a> said on Sunday that he does not believe North Korea is
sincere in its offer to halt nuclear tests if the US suspends
military exercises with South Korea, and that Pyongyang would
“have to do better than that”.</p>
<p>On Saturday, North Korea’s foreign minister, Ri Su Yong, <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/23/north-korea-launched-offshore-ballistic-missile-says-the-south"
data-link-name="in body link" class="u-underline">defended his
country’s right to maintain a nuclear deterrent</a> and warned
that Pyongyang won’t be cowed by international sanctions. He also
said the North’s regime would not soon collapse. </p>
<p>“Stop the nuclear war exercises in the Korean peninsula, then we
should also cease our nuclear tests,” he said.</p>
<p>Obama dismissed North Korea’s latest overture at a news
conference Sunday with the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, in
Hannover, Germany.</p>
<p>“We don’t take seriously a promise to simply halt until the next
time they decide to do a test these kinds of activities,” the
president said. </p>
<p>“What we’ve said consistently,” he continued, “is that if <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/north-korea"
data-link-name="auto-linked-tag"
data-component="auto-linked-tag" class="u-underline">North Korea</a>
shows seriousness in denuclearizing the Korean peninsula, then
we’ll be prepared to enter into some serious conversations with
them about reducing tensions and our approach to protecting our
allies in the region.</p>
<p>“But that’s not something that happens based on a press release
in the wake of a series of provocative behaviors. They’re going to
have to do better than that.”</p>
<p>Obama also said that until North Korea offers a “better”
proposal, the US will continue to “emphasize our work with the
Republic of Korea and Japan, and our missile defense mechanisms,
to ensure that we’re keeping the American people safe and we’re
keeping our allies safe”.</p>
<p>Ri’s made his remarks just hours after North Korea test-fired a
ballistic missile from a submarine in its latest show of defiance
as this year’s US-South Korea exercises wind down. “The escalation
of this military exercise level has reached its top level,” he
said. “As the other side is going for the climax why not us, too,
to that level as well?”</p>
<p>The US state department said that in response to Saturday’s
launch, it would limit the travel of Ri and his delegation to UN
functions in New York, where they are attending a meeting on
sustainable development. “Launches using ballistic missile
technology are a clear violation of multiple UN Security Council
resolutions,” it said in a statement.</p>
<p>Ri suggested on Saturday that if Washington and Seoul suspended
military exercises, it could open the door to talks and reduced
tensions.</p>
<p>“If we continue on this path of confrontation, this will lead to
very catastrophic results, not only for the two countries but for
the whole entire world as well,” he said. </p>
<p>“It is really crucial for the United States government to
withdraw its hostile policy against the DPRK and as an expression
of this stop the military exercises, war exercises, in the Korean
Peninsula. Then we will respond likewise.” </p>
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<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/24/obama-response-north-korea-nuclear-tests-deal">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/24/obama-response-north-korea-nuclear-tests-deal</a></p>
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<p>Ken</p>
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