19 Dec 2018

North Korea: is denuclearisation any closer?

From Nine To Noon, 9:40 am on 19 December 2018
US President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un participate in a signing ceremony as part of the US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa Island in Singapore on June 12, 2018.

Photo: AFP / 2018 Anadolu Agency

It's been a remarkable year for North Korea.  In the first part of 2018 U.S. president Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un traded insults that took us to what was feared could be the brink of nuclear war. 

This was followed by an intensely high profile and historic meeting in Singapore in June, promising denuclearisation on the peninsula, and a new chapter of improved relations between the two powers. 

Kathryn talks with Sung-Yoon Lee, assistant professor of Korean studies at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University in Boston about what, if anything was actually achieved at that summit.