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This document, which I can see behind me, is a letter sent by Biden to former President Kim Dae-jung, who was in exile in the United States as a senator in the early 1980s.
Thank you for telling me the situation of democracy in Korea, and at the end, always ask me to contact me, so the relationship between the two was special.
So naturally, Biden also became a supporter of the Sunshine Policy, a symbol of former President Kim Dae-jung's North Korea policy.
However, ahead of this presidential election, Biden showed a pretty strong attitude toward North Korea.
There is an analysis that this is due to something that happened in 2012 when Biden was Obama's vice president. Reporter Hye-young Kim will share this information on what happened at the time and what direction the US policy toward North Korea will be in the future.
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At the first historic inter-Korean summit in June 2000, US Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Biden made a statement of support, saying, "The victory of the engagement policy."
The following year, he expressed his support for the Sunshine Policy, saying, "The big change made by President Kim's leadership."
Biden, a representative dove group, poured out a hard line of remarks toward North Korea in this presidential election.
[Biden/U.S. President-elect (last August 21st): I speak clearly to our enemies.
Now, the era of being comfortable with the dictator is over.]
The background of this change is the destruction of the agreement by North Korea eight years ago.
In 2012, when Biden was Vice President, North Korea's intention to denuclearize was distrusted when North Korea abandoned the so-called 2·29 agreement between North Korea's nuclear freeze and food aid with a long-range rocket launch in less than two months.
So there are also observations that Biden can return to the so-called strategic perseverance method that pressures North Korea with intentional indifference.
However, unlike the time when it had taken strategic patience, as North Korea is in fact in a nuclear situation, it is predominantly observed that minimizing the political burden through thorough verification, working-level negotiations and multilateral negotiations will become the basic framework for Biden. .
[Yun Young-Kwan/Seoul National University Professor (Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade): (Biden wrote that he will make an effort to achieve a common denuclearization goal, including alliances and China.) A multilateral negotiation method may be possible. I see.)]
Unification Minister Lee In-young also called for a prudent and wise response from North Korea, saying that it is a big inflection point in the current situation, but it can be interpreted as a message saying that premature armed demonstrations are not allowed.
(Video coverage: Joo Yong-jin, video editing: Lee Seung-yeol, CG: Lee Yoo-jin)
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