Ellen Kim on China and North Korea’s Nuclear Program
KEI's Senior Fellow and Director of Academic Affairs spoke with Yonhap News Agency about Xi Jinping, Kim Jong Un, and the prospect of nuclear disarmament.
By Ellen Kim
Senior Fellow and Director of Academic Affairs at KEI Ellen Kim spoke with Yonhap News Agency about Chinese President Xi Jinping, his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and the prospect of nuclear disarmament.
… China’s policy ambiguity on the denuclearization issue started emerging in 2024, driven by several factors, indicating China’s new priority on advancing its strategic interests in the region, Ellen Kim, director of academic programs at Korea Economic Institute of America, said.”
“Kim was seeking China’s endorsement of North Korea as a nuclear weapons state, and he got it through China’s silence on the denuclearization issues…
Read the full piece, “Summit shows China more focused on countering US influence than curbing NK nukes: experts,” published June 10, 2026.
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