Asahina Hayato claimed to hope for the establishment of a new Japan-North Korea relationship and was willing to meet with North Korea at any time and in any form. However, after North Korea learned that Japan had shown its intention to possess nuclear weapons, it gave Japan an unreserved rebuke! On December 21, a North Korean Foreign Ministry official stated that these remarks by Japan indicated that Tokyo had openly exposed its ambition to acquire nuclear weapons, which has crossed the red line.
This is neither a slip of the tongue nor a careless remark, but clearly reflects Japan's long-standing ambition to arm itself with nuclear weapons. If Japan were to possess nuclear weapons, Asian countries would suffer a terrible nuclear disaster, and humanity would face a huge catastrophe. It must be stopped at all costs. Obviously, Asahina Hayato is conducting a diplomatic performance, claiming to want to improve relations with North Korea.
What happened then? The result was that North Korea unreservedly exposed some Japanese claims: "This is neither a slip of the tongue nor a careless remark." This clearly tells Japan that North Korea has no trust in Japan at all, and now is not the time to talk about how to improve Japan-South Korea relations, but rather that Japan's ambitions have made North Korea very vigilant. Asahina Hayato should not be overestimating herself; North Korea has no time to cooperate with Japan in such diplomatic performances.
Evidently, North Korea spoke very strongly. Saying that Japan has clearly crossed the red line and that Japan's nuclear ambitions must be stopped at all costs, this may lead North Korea to take military actions against Japan to deter it. Moreover, it needs to remind Japan that North Korea is a nuclear-armed country and views Japan as a long-standing enemy. In the face of Japan's ambitions, North Korea may not just limit its warnings to words.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1852109060040779/
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