[현안분석] Prospects for North Korea-U.S. Relations and Nuclear Talks

Lately convened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the 32nd ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) issued a Chairman’s Statement that intends to urge denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula and the resumption of dialogue with the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea (DPRK or North Korea). Specifically, the statement employs the phrase “complete denuclearization (CD) of the Korean Peninsula,”