Pyongyang Releases 2 U.S. Citizens Who Were Held For Months/ Madeline Boreham

After being held prisoner in North Korea two Americans returned home, when James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence, went to North Korea to discuss their freedom.  Obama first contacted Kim Jong Un through letter, stating that he would send Clapper.
Washington made a point to state that this was a strict humanitarian mission. An expert on North Korea states that goodwill gestures will not help Pyongyang much unless it addresses the nuclear issue.   This leads  the rest of the world to have to keep putting pressure on North Korea. China's president, Xi Jinping, states that six-country talks need to come back and countries need to start showing flexibility with one and other.

It is great that the two U.S. citizens have returned home, but there is a bigger issue that still needs to be addressed. The U.S. needs to bring up the issue of Nuclear weapons with North Korea, and other countries need to get involved as well.  The interaction was a step in the right direction towards diplomacy, but they need to continue it and expand on it. The U.S. stated they would not be changing its policy on North Korea, but they must be flexible in order to reach any kind of goal. Which I do believe is possible, I agree with Xi Jinping, if the six-country talks return we would move forward and more goals would be accomplished.


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