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comment by ForPetesSake
ForPetesSake  ·  2402 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: North and South Korea Set Bold Goals: A Final Peace and No Nuclear Arms

Kim Jong-un is a western educated man who has experience living in Europe and writes/speaks English. It's just my opinion, but I always figured that after he secured enough power and was in a good enough position he would open up to the world more than his father. The fact that China has made a lot of head-room with them in the last couple years has probably helped it along, especially given currently Asia/U.S. tensions.

This also isn't an end to the mess, it's an agreement to engage and cooperate, it's ground work, but not an actual peace treaty or trade deal, but it's definitely a good start.