[Steve Schulin]

The thread title is from the newspaper's print edition. The web version of the story is titled "'NK wants sanctions relief due to food shortage'"

[chief lee runamok]

North Korean citizens are upset about kim's overreaching demands:

"The North Korean government has decreed that every able-bodied citizen must turn in 100 kg (220 lbs) of human manure a day to be used for fertilizer, to bolster the agricultural sector."

[rockinqsranch]

I smell some really rank BS in this one. Yes they are hurtin’, and the way to fix it is for them to give up their nukes period.

Mean ol’ heartless PDJT wants to win this, and get it over with now, not leaving it to someone that isn’t going to handle it his way in the future. Git er done.

[Trump.Deplorable]

Hey FatKid, yes you fatso, in a starving country, give up your nukes you maniac. Have your nuclear technology at your seaport awaiting pick up by our teams to dismantle and recycle them.

That is right fat kid, give it up, you lost, either give up your nukes or your own slaves eat you.

[Mollypitcher1]

Just another UK Socialist mouthing off about something he has nothing to do with.

[Will88]

I’ve often wondered if Kim would follow through on a plan that would open NK to far more contacts with SK and the outside world, and the investments Trump talks about and the chance for far greater economic opportunity for NK citizens.

Where would that leave Kim? With more freedom and far better economic prospects, would the NKs want Kim still lording over them as a pot bellied dictator?

I doubt it. Not convinced Kim wants to see NK become more like SK, even if the Chinese would allow it to be set in motion with a denuclearization deal.

[mrsmith]

Food would be exempt from sanctions for humanitarian reasons.
The humanitarian exemption is in the sanctions.

Plenty to quibble with here. But a good overall summary!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

If Kim wants the sanctions to go away, all he has to do is agree to Trump’s conditions.

[Alas Babylon!]

In the meantime, he said it may have been fortunate the leaders did not reach an agreement. “It may have been a relief that no deal was signed, given what happened in Singapore,” he said, implying an imbalanced deal could have been reached given Kim’s depth of preparation and skill.

Sounds like he's praising Kim's skill while trying to imply Pres. Trump is an ill-prepared dumbass.

Well, we shall see. Pres. Trump had the guts to try, something every President since Truman did not.

In the long run, Trump will win out.

[bert]

——it asked for sanctions concerning the livelihood of its people to be eased——

There is only one play in their book. It has worked for decades. We Whine, you give.

Besides, it is only a year or so and Trump will be gone. Nancy will ultimately ive us what we want.