I typed in "What is North Korea's vision?" and found this answer.
I think I respect the nation a bit more now.
"Kim Yong Un’s desire is to remove US military & political occupation in the Korean peninsula. Kim is a Nationalist and his vision is expressed in the Juche ideology of independence & reunification of the Korean people.
People need to understand that in history Korea was subject to successive invasions from China and Japan, even by the United States in 1877!
In 1910 Korea was annexed by Japan and subjected to humiliating occupation until Japan’s surrender in 1945.
What few people understand however is that during the years of Japanese enslavement the Mindan People's Congress lead by Yo Un-hyung (aka Lyuh Woon-hung) created a Provisional Korean Government in exile at Shanghai in 1919.
The Mindan movement was also known as the Koryǒ Communist Party in Shanghai and North Korea’s first leader Kim il Sung was a prominent Resistance leader of the same Party which formed the Government in exile in 1919. Thus the Kim dynasty claim that they created the legitimate ruling party of Korea in 1945 swept aside by an American puppet Government in 1947.
Before WW2 the provisional Korean Government in exile had been legally recognised by the United States and other members of the league of Nations as the only legal representative of the Korean people.
On 6 September 1945 a Congress of representatives of this Government in exile elected Lyuh Woon-hung as the President of a unified Korea. General Douglas MacArthur who was an ultra right wing Republican removed Lyuh Woon-hung and dissolved the recognised provisional Korean Government.
Then MacArthur appointed a US spy Syngman Rhee as President in March 1947 before having Lyuh Woon-hung assassinated in July 1947.
So yes, ultimately North Korea does want to remove what they see as the Puppet US Government of South Korea.
In to this situation stepped President Putin of Russia trying to use diplomacy to defuse the tensions between USA & North Korea. Putin has suggested a vision for unification of both Koreas by building a gas pipeline through North Korea to South Korea and then encouraging trade between both Koreas.
Under the Russian vision Russia would guarantee the existence of South Korea and attempt a gradual reunification though trade and contact.
I happen to believe that Russia has a smart idea and apparently Kim Yong Un is also open to that suggestion. Eventually trade would liberalise the North and remove the need for any US presence. The United States however is firmly opposed to Putin’s suggestion"
"Kim Yong Un’s desire is to remove US military & political occupation in the Korean peninsula. Kim is a Nationalist and his vision is expressed in the Juche ideology of independence & reunification of the Korean people.
People need to understand that in history Korea was subject to successive invasions from China and Japan, even by the United States in 1877!
In 1910 Korea was annexed by Japan and subjected to humiliating occupation until Japan’s surrender in 1945.
What few people understand however is that during the years of Japanese enslavement the Mindan People's Congress lead by Yo Un-hyung (aka Lyuh Woon-hung) created a Provisional Korean Government in exile at Shanghai in 1919.
The Mindan movement was also known as the Koryǒ Communist Party in Shanghai and North Korea’s first leader Kim il Sung was a prominent Resistance leader of the same Party which formed the Government in exile in 1919. Thus the Kim dynasty claim that they created the legitimate ruling party of Korea in 1945 swept aside by an American puppet Government in 1947.
Before WW2 the provisional Korean Government in exile had been legally recognised by the United States and other members of the league of Nations as the only legal representative of the Korean people.
On 6 September 1945 a Congress of representatives of this Government in exile elected Lyuh Woon-hung as the President of a unified Korea. General Douglas MacArthur who was an ultra right wing Republican removed Lyuh Woon-hung and dissolved the recognised provisional Korean Government.
Then MacArthur appointed a US spy Syngman Rhee as President in March 1947 before having Lyuh Woon-hung assassinated in July 1947.
So yes, ultimately North Korea does want to remove what they see as the Puppet US Government of South Korea.
In to this situation stepped President Putin of Russia trying to use diplomacy to defuse the tensions between USA & North Korea. Putin has suggested a vision for unification of both Koreas by building a gas pipeline through North Korea to South Korea and then encouraging trade between both Koreas.
Under the Russian vision Russia would guarantee the existence of South Korea and attempt a gradual reunification though trade and contact.
I happen to believe that Russia has a smart idea and apparently Kim Yong Un is also open to that suggestion. Eventually trade would liberalise the North and remove the need for any US presence. The United States however is firmly opposed to Putin’s suggestion"
26-30, M
