Ipse by Tag - Kim Jong-un

Hwang Joon-kook

Inserted 4 days ago

“The Jan. 6 missile launch shows exactly where this blood money ends up. The DPRK sacrifices its own people to fulfill its nuclear ambitions and further contributes to deaths and destruction in Ukraine. North Korean troops, deployed to Russia, are essentially slaves to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who are brainwashed to sacrifice their lives on faraway battlefields to raise money for the Kim regime and secure advanced military technology from Russia. This is why I repeatedly emphasize that we need to look at both nuclear and human rights issues of the DPRK simultaneously at the Security Council. The human rights situation in the DPRK remains intrinsically linked to international peace and security.”

Koreatimes

Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations

08 Jan 2025 11 2

Doo Jin-ho

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“North Korea has already sent so many conventional weapons and ammunition to Russia it cannot fight a war in Korea right now even if it wanted to. That may be Kim Jong-un's biggest vulnerability now.”

Nytimes

Senior analyst at the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses in Seoul

17 Dec 2024 6 3

Park Sun-won

Inserted 1 month ago

“The longer the war lasts, the deeper the ties between Russia and North Korea are likely to get. Moscow may grow more dependent on Pyongyang, and possibly transfer advanced technology that could be dangerous in the hands of Kim Jong-un. As Ukraine is in a state of war, they are engaged in psychological warfare just as Russia is. Some information [Ukraine suggests the North Korean contingent is much larger] out there is propaganda and not necessarily accurate. Our intelligence service is making the judgment on a combination of Ukrainian and other sources.”

Koreaherald

South Korean Politician - Member of a parliamentary intelligence committee

20 Nov 2024 6 2

Kang Cheol-hwan

Inserted 2 months ago

“The troop deployment to Russia is merely part of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's ruthless business strategy aimed at profiting from the war. North Korean troops sent to Russia are not elite army members. Kim Jong-un would benefit more from dispatching inexperienced soldiers to the front lines, as they will likely become cannon fodder. The more North Koreans die on the battlefield, the more money he stands to gain from Russia. Kim understands the value of specially trained forces better than any other dictator. Kim once remarked that one elite soldier is equivalent to 100 average soldiers in terms of military capability. He emphasized that their role is crucial in times of war. Kim is aware that the roughly 200,000 members of North Korea's special forces are a key military asset he can rely on. Therefore, he would never want to trade them away. If North Korea were to send elite troops to Russia, he knows his country would face dire consequences in the event of a contingency.”

Koreatimes

North Korean defector and journalist who operates two YouTube news channels

07 Nov 2024 8 4

Park Won-gon

Inserted 4 months ago

“There's a chance North Korea could try to exploit the U.S. election to its advantage. If Kim Jong-un really wants Trump back in the White House, he might calculate that a well-timed provocation could weaken the Biden administration, making Trump's re-election more likely. From North Korea's perspective, Trump might offer a better chance to be recognized as a de facto nuclear state. He could be more open to a deal where North Korea declares a moratorium on certain activities in exchange for partial sanctions relief.”

Koreatimes

Professor of North Korean studies at Ewha Womans University

25 Aug 2024 7 3

Cheong Seong-chang

Inserted 5 months ago

“Kim Yo-jong's notable reverence toward Ju-ae, North Korea's chief propagandist, suggests that the Kim family may be positioning Ju-ae as the country's next leader. Although there is no official announcement yet given that Ju-ae is still young, it seems like the North Korean leader has already begun planning his succession. He seems to have told his close aides and family that Ju-ae will be his heir. Since North Korean residents continue to suffer from severe flooding, there could be a strong backlash if state media bestows praise on Ju-ae. There have been several cases when she was not mentioned, although she accompanied her father to important state events.”

Koreatimes

Director of the Center for Korean Peninsula Strategy at the Sejong Institute

09 Aug 2024 5 3

Yang Moo-jin

Inserted 5 months ago

“While more observation is needed to determine the exact threats, it is clear that the Kim regime [Kim Jong-un] is prioritizing military might over the welfare of its people, given that the major military event was held as the nation continues to deal with the aftermath of recent floods.”

Koreatimes

President of the University of North Korean Studies

05 Aug 2024 3 3

Rob McBride

Inserted 6 months ago

“The two leaders sought to put on a united face to the world in spite of the various crises they face. It was a show of strength, a show of unity, heralding what they believe and want other people to believe is a new era in their relations. It has all culminated in the signing of a new agreement between the two, which according to Putin forms the basis of relations for years to come.”

Aljazeera

Al Jazeera’s journalist reporting from Yeonpyeong - South Korea

19 Jun 2024 5 2

Leif-Eric Easley

Inserted 6 months ago

“For Kim Jong-un, this visit is a victory. Not only does the summit upgrade North Korea's status among countries standing against the U.S.-led international order, it also helps bolster Kim's domestic legitimacy. Russia cannot replace China economically, but increasing cooperation with Moscow shows that Pyongyang has options. For now at least, Putin's war in Ukraine sets up an 'axis of transactionalism' among sanctions violators looking to trade yesterday's weapons for today's military technology.”

Aljazeera

Professor at Ewha University in Seoul

17 Jun 2024 6 3

Han-bum Cho

Inserted 1 year ago

“Kim [Kim Jong-un] has officially declared his intention not to engage in any dialogue with the Yoon Suk Yeol administration. It's a clear indication that Pyongyang will walk away from inter-Korean relations. If you read between the lines, what Kim meant is that his regime will achieve its ultimate goal of unification through the use of force, not through peaceful means. It seeks the collapse of South Korea.”

Koreatimes

Senior analyst at the Korea Institute for National Unification

31 Dec 2023 6 2

Andrei Lankov

Inserted 1 year ago

“Putin-Kim summit is part of gentle diplomatic blackmail by Russia of South Korea, because it did not want Seoul to supply weapons to Kyiv.”

Aljazeera

Professor at Seoul's Kookmin University

11 Sep 2023 6 4

Harry Harris

Inserted 2 years ago

“The U.S. intelligence community assesses that KJU [Kim Jong-un] views nuclear weapons as the ultimate deterrent against foreign intervention. KJU declared last year that he would be willing to employ nukes more broadly in wartime, and last September, he stated unequivocally that he would never give up his nukes and the North Korea's status as a nuclear weapons state is irreversible. We must not relax sanctions or reduce joint military exercises just to get North Korea to come to the negotiating table. This is a fool's error. While we hope for diplomacy with North Korea to be successful, we must recognize that hope alone is not a course of action. The quest for dialogue with the North must never be made at the expense of the ability to respond to threats from the North.”

Koreatimes

Former United States Ambassador to South Korea

03 Jan 2023 2 4

Harry Kazianis

Inserted 2 years ago

“The war in Ukraine means that North Korea will be able to test all sorts of weapons ― hypersonic missiles, submarine-launched systems, nuclear weapons and of course ICBMs ― and pay no penalty as Washington is distracted while Russia and China are unwilling to help. The Kim Jong-un regime will certainly test as much as they can during this unique time period, driving Washington and its allies to increase their own military capabilities. That means not only are we in for an arms race in Northeast Asia, but the stage is set for Japan and South Korea to actively consider developing and deploying their own nuclear weapons. We are far beyond a simple arms race at this point.”

Koreatimes

Senior director of Korean Studies at the Center for the National Interest

06 Oct 2022 7 3

Scott Snyder

Inserted 2 years ago

“If we consider the lessons learned from Hanoi, one possible lesson Kim Jong-un may have taken from the experience is that from his perspective, the United States did not take sufficiently seriously the idea that the North was negotiating from a position of strength. North Korea is asserting that its laws make denuclearization negotiations a non-starter. As a result, it is hard to imagine how the United States and North Korea will be able to frame a diplomatic negotiation process around a set of commonly held objectives. A logical course of action would be to further strengthen the North's military program so that its nuclear capabilities would be regarded as undeniable and irreversible. Once North Korea's Kim believes he has adequately achieved those objectives, he might in principle then be ready to return to diplomatic negotiations with the United States, but from an even stronger position than the North's Kim was in when he met with Trump in Hanoi in February of 2019.”

Koreatimes

Senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations think tank

15 Sep 2022 5 4

Hyun Seung-soo

Inserted 2 years ago

“Even [leaders of] Russia did not see it coming [recognizing the independence of two Russia-backed separatist regions in eastern Ukraine] - and then, the North reportedly offered to send its workers to the region. Over the past 20 years, Russia's diplomatic strategies on North Korea and the Korean Peninsula have not changed much. But I believe it is now on the verge of a big shift. In the short run, there seems little incentive for the North to make such decisions, which have drawn international criticism. But in the long term, what it can gain from Russia, one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, is enormous. North Korea is probably expecting Russia's support at the U.N. … It is very likely that Russia will offer it. I have heard from sources in Russia that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may visit Russia this year.”

Koreatimes

Research fellow at the Korea Institute for National Unification

31 Aug 2022 4 1

Joe Biden

Inserted 2 years ago

“With regard to whether I would meet with the leader of North Korea, it would depend on whether he was sincere and whether he was serious.”

Reuters

President of the United States

21 May 2022 3 1

Yoon Seok-youl

Inserted 2 years ago

“There's no reason to avoid meeting [Kim Jong-un]. However, if we are not be able to show any results, or results are just for show and does not have actual results in denuclearisation… it's not going to help the relationship between the two Koreas progress.”

Aljazeera

South Korea President-elect

07 May 2022 (approx) 3 3

Park Kyung-mee

Inserted 2 years ago

“President Moon and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un recently exchanged letters and reminisced about the past five years (of Moon's tenure). They shared the common view that efforts should continue for peace on the Korean peninsula and exchanged cordial greetings for the people of the South and the North. We expect the letters, which will be the last one between Moon and Kim, will serve as a stepping stone for inter-Korean relations.”

Koreatimes

South Korean presidential spokesperson

22 Apr 2022 4 2

Korean Central News Agency

Inserted 2 years ago

“Kim [Kim Jong-un] ordered the test because of the daily-escalating military tension in and around the Korean peninsula and the inevitability of the long-standing confrontation with the U.S. imperialists accompanied by the danger of a nuclear war.”

Reuters

Report by North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)

24 Mar 2022 6 3

Bruce Bennett

Inserted 2 years ago

“With North Korea, we have to remember that the most severe sanction that has been implemented was the closing of the North Korean border with China, something that Kim [Kim Jong-un] did to his country (rather than being a sanction imposed from outside).”

Koreatimes

Senior international defense analyst at the RAND Corporation

21 Jan 2022 4 2

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“North Korea has already sent so many conventional weapons and ammunition to Russia it cannot fight a war in Korea right now even if it wanted to. That may be Kim Jong-un's biggest vulnerability now.”

“While more observation is needed to determine the exact threats, it is clear that the Kim regime [Kim Jong-un] is prioritizing military might over the welfare of its people, given that the major military event was held as the nation continues to deal with the aftermath of recent floods.”

“Putin-Kim summit is part of gentle diplomatic blackmail by Russia of South Korea, because it did not want Seoul to supply weapons to Kyiv.”

“With regard to whether I would meet with the leader of North Korea, it would depend on whether he was sincere and whether he was serious.”

“There's no reason to avoid meeting [Kim Jong-un]. However, if we are not be able to show any results, or results are just for show and does not have actual results in denuclearisation… it's not going to help the relationship between the two Koreas progress.”

“Kim [Kim Jong-un] ordered the test because of the daily-escalating military tension in and around the Korean peninsula and the inevitability of the long-standing confrontation with the U.S. imperialists accompanied by the danger of a nuclear war.”

“With North Korea, we have to remember that the most severe sanction that has been implemented was the closing of the North Korean border with China, something that Kim [Kim Jong-un] did to his country (rather than being a sanction imposed from outside).”

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“​North Korea has already sent so many conventional weapons and ammunition to Russia it cannot fight a war ​in Korea right now even if it wanted to. That may be Kim Jong-un's biggest vulnerability now.”

“While more observation is needed to determine the exact threats, it is clear that the Kim regime [Kim Jong-un] is prioritizing military might over the welfare of its people, given that the major military event was held as the nation continues to deal with the aftermath of recent floods.”

“Putin-Kim summit is part of gentle diplomatic blackmail by Russia of South Korea, because it did not want Seoul to supply weapons to Kyiv.”

“With regard to whether I would meet with the leader of North Korea, it would depend on whether he was sincere and whether he was serious.”

“There's no reason to avoid meeting [Kim Jong-un]. However, if we are not be able to show any results, or results are just for show and does not have actual results in denuclearisation… it's not going to help the relationship between the two Koreas progress.”

“Kim [Kim Jong-un] ordered the test because of the daily-escalating military tension in and around the Korean peninsula and the inevitability of the long-standing confrontation with the U.S. imperialists accompanied by the danger of a nuclear war.”

“With North Korea, we have to remember that the most severe sanction that has been implemented was the closing of the North Korean border with China, something that Kim [Kim Jong-un] did to his country (rather than being a sanction imposed from outside).”

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