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Transcript/Script((PLAYBOOK SLUG: T24 1223 Trump Nokor
HEADLINE: Trump will face different North Korea in second term
TEASER: Alliance with Russia emboldens Kim Jong Un
PUBLISHED AT: 12/23/2024 at 9:23 am
BYLINE: Young Gyo Kim
CONTRIBUTOR: Stearns
DATELINE: Washington
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ASSIGNING EDITOR: Dong Hyuk Lee
SCRIPT EDITORS: Baragona, Mia Bush
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[[ In his first term as U.S. president, Donald Trump tightened economic sanctions against North Korea to try to force Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons program. VOA’s Young Gyo Kim looks at what Trump should expect from North Korea in his second term. Scott Stearns narrates.]]
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un used a military exhibition for his first remarks on the United States since Donald Trump became president-elect, saying past negotiations confirmed what he called Washington’s “unchangeable” hostility toward Pyongyang. Kim vowed to expand North Korea’s nuclear capabilities “without limit” as the only way to counter external threats. Kim today is a decidedly different opponent…
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… for Trump than when they last met in 2019, says former State Department Asian affairs official Evans Revere.
((Courtesy: Zoom))
((Evans Revere, Brookings Institution))
“Kim Jong Un believes he has a stronger hand. And I believe part of that stronger hand is his new-found relationship with the Russians.”
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U.S. military officials say there are now more than 10,000 North Korean troops in Russia helping with its invasion of Ukraine.
Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov was in Pyongyang last month, advancing a strategic partnership treaty… that Belousov says reduces the risk of war on the Korean peninsula.
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NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte says that alliance is a challenge for the incoming Trump administration.
4. SOUNBITE (English) Mark Rutte, Secretary General of NATO:
((Mark Rutte, NATO Secretary-General))
“Nuclear technology and missile technology is flowing into North Korea and therefore it's a risk now that North Korea will use it, not only to be a threat to us here, but also to the U.S. mainland.
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4. Various of Kim and Belousov leaving theatre and walking together
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Together, Russia and North Korea threaten greater instability, says former U.S. national intelligence officer for North Korea Sydney Seiler.
((Courtesy: Zoom))
((Sydney Seiler, Center for Strategic and International Studies))
“This is becoming a military alliance with both a near-term and longer-term danger, [a] dangerous risk to, obviously, extending the war [in Ukraine], destabilizing the Korean Peninsula, just destabilizing the international community.”
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1. VARIOUS OF THREE-COLOUR VAPOURS IN SKY DURING AIR SHOW
7. HONOUR GUARDS MARCHING FOR CEREMONY
8. KIM AND OFFICIALS SALUTING
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With North Korea gaining Russian air defense systems, upgraded munitions manufacturing, cash, and food and fuel aid, Seiler says Kim has less need for Washington than during Trump’s first term.
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((Sydney Seiler, Center for Strategic and International Studies))
“With all the things that Kim Jong Un is able to get from his new best friend Vladimir Putin, why would he reach out to Donald Trump?”
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In his first term, Trump worked with South Korean leaders to try to roll back North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.
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24. VARIOUS OF KIM AND OFFICIALS HAVING CONVERSATION IN FRONT OF WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE MISSILE LAUNCHER
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In his second term, Trump will be dealing with a North Korea that has firmly closed the door on denuclearization, says Revere.
((Courtesy: Zoom))
((Evans Revere, Brookings Institution))
“What the North Koreans have been after, all the while, is to gain acceptance, or at least acknowledgement from the United States that North Korea is a legitimate, accepted nuclear power now and that the two countries should sit down together and talk [about] coexisting with each other.”
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5. Various of Kim walking around exhibition with missiles, drones, rockets, and machine guns on display
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Just days before last month’s U.S. election, North Korea tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile that could potentially reach most of the U.S. mainland.
((For Young Gyo Kim, Scott Stearns, VOA News))
NewsML Media TopicsArts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
Subtitles / Dubbing AvailableNo
NetworkVOA
Embargo DateDecember 23, 2024 09:39 EST
BylineYoung Gyo Kim
Brand / Language ServiceVoice of America - English
