Unconfirmed :North Korea’s Ruling Party Informs Officials Kim Will Not Give Up Nukes

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The Central Committee of the ruling Workers’ Party has decreed that North Korea will not relinquish its nuclear arsenal, which it termed a “precious legacy” of the country’s late leaders, according to local sources, despite an earlier pledge by party chairman Kim Jong Un to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.
source from North Korea’s North Hamgyong province, along the border with China, recently told RFA’s Korean Service that the country’s leadership cabal has no intention of entirely ditching the nuclear program it had taken decades to build.

“In early July, there was a meeting for the core membership of high-ranking party officials from provincial organizations, party secretaries, and managers from business firms … to deliver policy from the Central Committee regarding the current political situation,” said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

“The last speaker who ended the six-hour-long meeting emphasized that ‘nuclear is a precious legacy from the late leaders’ and ‘if there is no nuclear, there is death,’” he said.
source from North Korea’s North Hamgyong province, along the border with China, recently told RFA’s Korean Service that the country’s leadership cabal has no intention of entirely ditching the nuclear program it had taken decades to build.

“In early July, there was a meeting for the core membership of high-ranking party officials from provincial organizations, party secretaries, and managers from business firms … to deliver policy from the Central Committee regarding the current political situation,” said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

“The last speaker who ended the six-hour-long meeting emphasized that ‘nuclear is a precious legacy from the late leaders’ and ‘if there is no nuclear, there is death,’” he said.

https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/nukes-07252018142754.html

 

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That site is not coming up for me. Time's out. What do we know of rfa.org?

This is certainly in line with what we know about North Korea, so it wouldn't surprise me.

 

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That site is not coming up for me. Time's out. What do we know of rfa.org?

This is certainly in line with what we know about North Korea, so it wouldn't surprise me.

Radio Free Asia has a slight "left of center" bias rating from mediabiasfactcheck.com with a "high" factual reporting rating. However, I have bolded and underlined one factor that might render them suspect:

Radio Free Asia (RFA) is a private, nonprofit international broadcasting agency of the United States government that broadcasts and publishes online news, information, and commentary to listeners in East Asia while “advancing the goals of U.S. foreign policy.” RFA is funded by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), an independent agency of the United States government responsible for all non-military, international broadcasting sponsored by the U.S government (such as Radio Free Europe), which appoints the board of RFA. RFA distributes content in nine Asian languages for audiences in six countries. RFA is well sourced and factual in reporting. Radio Free Asia has a very slight left leaning bias in reporting choices. (11/28/2016) (Updated 9/16/2017)