I read a book about the Koreas and the journalist-author seemed to have high hopes near the end of the book for the deal, but he was told by a N Korean General “That’s your agreement, not ours”
Sounds about right. The Communists don’t make any pretenses about telling the truth.
“The end justifies the means.” That’s generally their credo.
That’s why it’s so strange to watch folks buying into deals with them.
At the end of the day, I’m still very leery about our nuclear destruction pact with Russia too.