north korea pushed for nuclearization as a means to be legitimized by the international community. theres an intense pressure for other nations to sit down with you and respect you once they realize you have the means to kill them lol.

the coverage on this has been constantly painting it like a kim jong un change of heart. its looking more to me like he is closer to reaching the goal he was pushing for all along. we gotta remember that we get very little information from nk because it has been so closed/secluded. so most of what we think they are doing is based on 3rd party interpretation and narrative.

we will see how this denuclearization summit pans out. but if united states withdraws from the iran deal then we would put the nk talks in jeopardy too.