The Real Story: Why Not Have Peace with North Korea?
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
4.7 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 10 December 2020
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
The Korean War began 70 years ago and has still not ended even though North and South Korea want it to end. The key obstacle is not in Pyongyang or Seoul but in Washington DC. Brian takes an in-depth look at US-Korean relations as the Biden Administration prepares to take the helm. Hyun Lee and Gregory Elich are the featured expert guests in this fascinating analysis.
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| 0:00.0 | Will there be peace in the Korean Peninsula? Will the Korean War finally end? What kind of policy can we expect from the incoming Biden administration towards the DPRK or North Korea? What's the political situation in North Korea and in South Korea? We'll talk about that and more with two special guests here on the Real Story on the Socialist |
| 0:25.3 | program. |
| 0:26.6 | We need a new system. |
| 0:28.8 | We need a new society. |
| 0:30.7 | We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible even a few weeks ago, but is not only |
| 0:36.3 | realizable, but an imperative necessity. The President Trump had talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, and though they were cut short, |
| 1:08.5 | there were several important and lasting components. |
| 1:11.9 | We'll talk about the possible new policy or line coming from the United States. |
| 1:17.3 | As it relates, the Secretary of State nominee Anthony Blinken. |
| 1:21.7 | We'll talk about the DPRK-US relationship in the longer context of the past decades. |
| 1:29.5 | We'll also speak about regional relationships and more. Welcome to The Real Story on the Socialist Program. I'm your host, Brian |
| 1:35.7 | Becker. And I'm joined by two experts on Korea and U.S. Korea relations, Hyun Li and |
| 1:43.1 | Gregory Eilich. |
| 1:44.7 | Hean Lee is a member of the Solidarity Committee |
| 1:47.2 | for Democracy and Peace in Korea, |
| 1:49.7 | and she is a writer for zoom in Korea.org. |
| 1:54.2 | Gregory Eilich is also a member |
| 1:55.9 | of the Solidarity Committee for Democracy and Peace in Korea, |
| 1:59.2 | and an author of many articles and books whose work |
| 2:02.3 | is at gregory eilich.org, and eilich is spelled e-L-C-H-org. |
| 2:09.4 | Hian, Greg, welcome. |
| 2:11.2 | Thanks for having us. |
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