"Kim Prepared to Cede Nuclear Weapons if U.S. Pledges Not to Invade" New york times Andrew Honig

In the most recent New York Times article I had read this was rather interesting to say the least. North Korean leader Kim  met with South Korean leader Mr. Moon about a denuclearization of all North Korean nuclear weapons. This meeting took the world by surprise but not necessarily the administration. On Easter weekend the new Secretary of state Mike Pompeo had a secret meeting with Kim. They spoke on good terms and had come up with a peaceful solution to the aggression between the United States and North Korea. This was also the first time a sitting leader in North Korea has ever crossed into South Korean borders. Kim and Moon had agreed in the future to end the Korean war between the two countries and find peace with the United States. People all around the world are still a bit skeptical because Kim has made pledges before to relinquish his nuclear weapons in the past and failed to keep his word. In my honest opinion it is a little strange he was extremely hostile in the beginning of the year and now he is willing to give it all away just like that. In the article it states that he said that he is not the type of guy to shoot missiles to the south. He did in fact recently shoot a test missile near Japan so that statement to me doesn't really hold up like he thought it would. The world would also not like to see anymore North Korean propaganda and false claims about their country anymore. People around the globe want to see true progress with the Koreans and the president is looking forward to meeting with Kim in the near future about this. Japan is now in the conversation as well because they feel threatened and have been threatened by North Korea in the past. Japan believes that this opens up dialogue between the two country's that was not there in the past. However, this is not a short and easy process getting rid of all the nuclear weapons North Korea has. It will take months of negotiation and steps to truly remove their program.

By: Andrew Honig