북한 핵실험 중지 발표... 비핵화 '진정성'에 의견 엇갈려 PART 1<br /><br /> Over the weekend, North Korea made an announcement that caused quite a stir around the world.<br />Kim Jong-un declared an end to nuclear development,...that the regime will halt nuke and missile tests... and shut down its nuclear test site.<br />Adding, from now on, Pyongyang's focus will be its economy.<br />To help us dig deeper and explore what the regime's intentions could be,... we have our unification ministry correspondent Oh Jung-hee in the studio.<br />Hi, Jung-hee.<br /><br /> Hi, Daniel.<br /><br /> A major break from Kim's signature policy adopted five years ago: Pursuing developments in both the economy and nuclear weapons.<br /><br /> That's right.<br />Claiming that it accomplished its nuclear weapons program perfectly in only five years,... the North declared an end to its nuclear development.<br />It says there's no more need to carry out nuclear or ICBM tests... or use its Punggye-ri test site where all six nuclear tests were carried out.<br /> Now, this moratorium on nuclear and missile provocations sends out a message to the world that the regime has opened up the possibility of negotiating on denuclearization.<br /> The regime says it also wants to keep in close contact with neighboring countries... which, many see, is to create a favorable environment to develop its economy -- which, according to the regime, will be Pyongyang's sole focus from now on.<br />
