{"id":9067,"date":"2021-01-16T00:00:06","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T00:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/week-asia\/politics\/article\/3117789\/does-north-koreas-kim-jong-un-have-nuclear-surprise-president"},"modified":"2021-01-16T00:00:06","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T00:00:06","slug":"does-north-koreas-kim-jong-un-have-a-nuclear-surprise-for-president-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/16\/does-north-koreas-kim-jong-un-have-a-nuclear-surprise-for-president-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Does North Korea\u2019s Kim Jong-un have a nuclear surprise for President Biden?"},"content":{"rendered":"As North Korean leader Kim Jong-un vowed to build up a nuclear arsenal and railed against Washington at a rare party congress this week, Park Won-gon, a professor of international relations at Seoul\u2019s Handong Global University was struck most by what was missing.\r\rBihaekhwa (\u201cdenuclearisation\u201d) \u2013 a foreign policy priority for global powers in relations with North Korea \u2013 was not mentioned once, casting a dark cloud over prospects for progress, even if talks between the United States and North\u2026\n