External pressure alone will not denuclearize N. Korea: former USFK chief

 WASHINGTON, March 1 (Yonhap) - Just external pressure will not be enough to convince North Korean leader Kim Jong-UN to release his nuclear ambition, former US head, Korea (USFK) said on Tuesday, emphasizing the need for what he called internal pressure to change .


Retired General Walter Sharter also points to the need for South Korea and the US to work with China to get rid of North Korea from its nuclear weapons.


"I personally believe that there is no external pressure that will force Kim Jong-un to get rid of his nuclear weapons," said the former USFK commander at a webinar held by the Washington Times Foundation. Sharp served as a USFK commander from 2008 to 2011.


"I think the only way that has the potential is to create external pressure and internal pressure, and it will need information into North Korea," he added.


The US said it would be looking for a calibrated and practical approach to North Korea, which many believers would include willingness to make a gradual concession to North Korea, such as sanction assistance, in exchange for North Korean steps towards Denuclirasi.


Pyongyang, however, remains unresponsive to US outreach for dialogue. Denuclearization talks between the US and North Korea were last held at the end of 2019.


Washington strives to impose additional UN Security Council sanctions in North Korea after stubborn states declare seven rounds of missile tests in January, the largest number of missiles tested in one month.


Moving the US at the UN Security Council was blocked by China and Russia - both veto remained members who held the power of the council and partner near North Korea.


The former Commander of the USFK emphasized the importance of Chinese cooperation to immerse the Korean Peninsula.


"This will need a discussion with China about how reunified, the Denuclearized Peninsula (Korea) is in China's national interests, more than now," Sharp said.


He also recorded the north, even without his nuclear weapons, would cause a big threat to South Korea, adding it to have "the world's largest artillery, many of them are positioned in the range of Seoul."


Sharp said that the Association of South Korea's joint forces would still be able to stop North Korea if the north had attacked the south.


"I am very confident that the South Korean and US military and all who will come to fight, we will be able to stop North Korea for taking Seoul. I am sure of that," he said.


"But I also unfortunately believes that if such a full-scale attack occurs, the number of victims in the city of 28 million, which is a larger Seoul metropolitan area, will be terrible," Sharp added.

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