to drop its push for denuclearization.īut the White House said Friday that its 'goal remains the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, with the clear understanding that the efforts of the past four administration have not achieved this objective.'
Kim Jong Un, the totalitarian leader in Pyongyang, has tested Biden once with a launch of two short-range ballistic missiles and urged the U.S. allies Japan and South Korea, as the threat from North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs expands. The review has been highly anticipated, especially among U.S. After months of closed-door talks, President Joe Biden's administration has completed its review of North Korea policy, charting a path forward that rejects both of his immediate predecessors' stances on the nuclear-armed rogue state.