North Korea’s Fear? Becoming Libya

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🗓️ 21 May 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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John R. Bolton, President Trump’s new national security adviser, has said that negotiations with North Korea should follow “the Libya model.” Now, North Korea is threatening to call off the planned summit meeting with Mr. Trump. What risks does the Libya model hold for Kim Jong-un? Guest: Mark Landler, a White House correspondent for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:25.6	From New York Times, I'm Michael Barbar.
0:32.6	This is The Daily.
0:39.6	Today, last week, the president's new national security adviser came out and said talks with
0:46.7	North Korea should follow the Libya model.
0:50.7	Now, North Korea is threatening to call off the talks.
0:56.3	What's so bad about the Libya model?
1:02.0	It's Monday, May 21.
1:09.4	North Korea says it may back out of upcoming talks with
1:20.6	Trump.
1:21.6	On Wednesday, the state media said if Washington keeps pushing the North to get rid of its
1:31.4	nuclear weapons, it won't come to the table.
1:34.5	Mark Landler, how does North Korea justify wavering on this planned summit?
1:41.8	The North Korean argument is that they don't want to go into a negotiation where they give
1:46.4	up their entire nuclear program up front and only get some incentives afterwards.
1:54.1	An interestingly, they also are fixated on this issue of Libya.
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