On January 4, 2011 (22:00 KST, 08:00 EST) Duyeon Kim, Deputy Director of Nuclear Non-Proliferation at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, appeared on South Korea’s leading broadcaster KBS’ special news program to discuss North Korean motives and discussed the forecast for the North Korean issue in 2011.
English translation:
Duyeon Kim, Deputy Director, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation: “(Part of) North Korea’s motivation for shelling (South Korea’s) Yeonpyeong Island seems to be to elicit negotiations from the U.S. for a peace treaty (to replace the armistice).”
