{"id":32150,"date":"2018-06-12T12:07:33","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T18:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/?p=32150"},"modified":"2024-11-18T13:11:06","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T20:11:06","slug":"north-korea-agrees-to-work-toward-nuclear-free-north-korean-peninsula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/2018\/06\/north-korea-agrees-to-work-toward-nuclear-free-north-korean-peninsula\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea: &#8220;Work Toward Nuclear Free N Korean Peninsula&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><figure id=\"attachment_32153\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32153\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/2018\/06\/north-korea-agrees-to-work-toward-nuclear-free-north-korean-peninsula\/41601767065_dda30b75fe_z\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32153\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32153\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/254\/2018\/06\/41601767065_dda30b75fe_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32153\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Trump. Photo Source: Flickr Creative Commons by scarybiscuits7 https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/55785786@N06\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>The America\/Korea Summit came and went in a flash. The result was a letter of agreement (which was obviously mostly drafted in advance) between the two nations. So far as I can see \u2014 and this is a very quick take \u2014 what we really gained was a better relationship with North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>The major benefit to the American people in this agreement is that war is now off the table. The rest of it is a letter of intent with no enforcement other than the integrity of the North Korean government. North Korea agreed to work toward a nuclear free North Korean Peninsula, but there is nothing in the agreement such as a time-table or inspections to keep them honest.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump has agreed to stop military exercises in the region, which is something China has demanded for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to read the agreement letter between North Korea and America, go <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/972996\/Trump-Kim-agreement-text-in-full-Donald-Trump-Kim-Jong-Un\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The America\/Korea Summit came and went in a flash. The result was a letter of agreement (which was obviously mostly drafted in advance) between the two nations. So far as I can see \u2014 and this is a very quick take \u2014 what we really gained was a better relationship with North Korea. 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