Why is North Korea abandoning its goal of reunification with the South?

The Inside Story Podcast - En podcast av Al Jazeera

A dramatic shift by North Korea: it's tearing up its goal of unification with the South — a policy in place for decades. North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un also said his country doesn't want war — but won't avoid one either. So what's behind his surprise move? HOST: Adrian Finighan GUESTS: Ji-Yeon Yuh, Board Member, Women Cross DMZ, Professor, Northwestern UniversityLongtime peace and reunification activist. Fyodor Tertitskiy, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Korean Studies, Kookmin University, Seoul. Einar Tangen, China, Senior Fellow Taihe Institute, Beijing.  Connect with us:@AJEPodcasts on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Threads and YouTube

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