U.S. Should Not Recognize North Korea as ‘Limited Nuclear Power’: H.R. McMaster

Sung-Yoon Lee speaks with NK News about the U.S. using a renewed maximum pressure policy against North Korea.
Sung-yoon Lee

Acknowledging North Korea as a “limited nuclear power” while pursuing a policy of containment is an “unacceptable” approach to dealing with a nuclear Pyongyang, former National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster said Tuesday, amid an ongoing review of DPRK policies by the Biden administration.

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Sung-yoon Lee, Professor of Korean studies at Tufts University’s Fletcher School, agreed that “maximum pressure” under the Trump administration had been short-lived, lasting no more than 15 months.

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