Diis Podcast

This week Donald Trump met with the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, in Hanoi, Vietnam. The two were supposed to discuss disarmement of North Koreas nuclear program, lifting of sanctions and maybe even an end-of-war declaration. But the meeting was a short one. On Thursday morning Trump called off a planned lunch with the Korean leader and made a hurried press conference stating that “sometimes its better to walk away”. The two leaders couldn´t agree on whether the sanctions were to be lifted in one swift move and whether Kim Jong-un should dismantle the Yongbyon nuclear facility before or after the lifting of sanctions. So now we´re back to square one. But maybe Hanoi – and Donald Trump - isn´t the right place to look for a solution to the North Korean problem. Maybe we should look towards another place, where North Koreas main patron is. And that is of course China and its president, Xi Jinping. A country that is basically the lifeline of the North Korean leadership and holds great sway in Pyongyang. But