By Jin Canrong

March 24, 2016

"Tensions are simmering on the Korean Peninsula and the search for a way out remains a perplexing one.

The 9.19 Joint Statement in 2005, reached under the framework of the Six-Party Talks, prescribed the principle of 'action for action' as a guideline for the denuclearization process, based on which Pyongyang would gradually freeze and abandon all of its nuclear programs and international society would respond to North Korea's security concerns. However, the situation has slipped backward 11 years after the statement was signed.

The failure to implement the 9.19 Joint Statement indicates that a lack of strategic trust still exists. The US lacks trust in North Korea, while the North has no faith in the outside world."

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