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With North Korea's unprecedented missile provocation and even the possibility of a seventh nuclear test solidified as a fact, some in the United States are raising their heads that the North should recognize North Korea as a nuclear power and abandon the 'denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula' initiative.



In a column on the 24th local time, Bloomberg News said, "The denuclearization initiative of the Korean Peninsula, which has lasted for decades, has failed." You have to learn,” he said.



"The Joe Biden administration has already actively abolished the failed security policy of the previous administration," KCNA said, advising that it is time to reconsider the North Korean issue.



In fact, the Biden administration has made bold decisions that are not tied to the previous government, including ending the 20-year-long withdrawal from Afghanistan and declaring a stronger policy to contain China.



The column criticized, "It is generous to describe the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula as a failed policy." "For 30 years, the United States has made no progress in economic sanctions against North Korea other than condemning the hunger of millions."



In the meantime, North Korea has successfully completed a nuclear test and has developed a missile that can reach the U.S. mainland as well as the Guam base.



“The last time the U.S. government considered a preemptive strike, military action against North Korea was not taken into consideration since the Clinton administration,” he said. I've been using it."



The column said, "Kim Jong-un is far from the epitome of a mad leader, and he is pursuing the most rational path for regime stability." He pointed out that the lesson of giving up nuclear weapons is clear, as confirmed by the examples of others.



"Kim Jong-un will not be relieved of any guarantees the United States offers in return for denuclearization," the column said. .



Previously, Professor Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asian Non-Proliferation Program at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS) in the US, advocated recognizing North Korea as a nuclear power in order to alleviate tensions on the Korean Peninsula.



Donald Kirk, a journalist specializing in East Asia, also wrote in The Hill article, saying, "The optimistic hope that a nuclear negotiation with Kim Jong-un will be possible is an illusion."



(Photo = Chosun Central News, Yonhap News)