Have sanctions on N. Korea forced Kim Jong-Un to the table?

North Korea said at the weekend that its intention to denuclearize, announced at an historic inter-Korean summit last month, was not the result of U.S. led sanctions, warning the US not to mislead public opinion. In the past both the US President and South Korea's leader have credited their ' maximum pressure' sanctions policy on improved relations with the hermit kingdom. North Korea's warning comes with just weeks to go before President Donald Trump and its leader Kim Jong Un are expected to hold their first-ever summit. Joshua Stanton, of the One Free Korea blog is the principal drafter of the tough sanctions legislation that President Obama signed into law in February 2016.