{"id":31469,"date":"2018-06-13T05:47:02","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T05:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=31469"},"modified":"2018-06-13T05:47:02","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T05:47:02","slug":"trump-understands-north-korea-better-than-south-korea-does-but-the-summit-wont-solve-anything-according-to-a-defector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=31469","title":{"rendered":"Trump understands North Korea better than South Korea does, but the summit won&#8217;t solve anything, according to a defector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static1.businessinsider.com\/image\/5abe574a60b8d71d008b4635-848\/screen-shot-2018-03-30-at-112118-am.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Trump Kim jong un maga\" \/>Business Insider<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>North Korean defector Kim Young-il is the 39-year-old founder of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/pscore.org\/\">People for Successful Corean Reunification (PSCORE).<\/a>&nbsp;He escaped North Korea at 19 years old.<br \/>\nKim said that President Donald Trump&#8217;s handling of the upcoming summit with North Korea in Singapore on June 12 shows that he understands dictator Kim Jong Un better than South Korean president Moon Jae-In.<br \/>\nBut Kim believes that nothing will change as a result of the summit because Kim Jong Un and the North Korean government have too much to lose by making concessions and opening the country up economically.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump understands how to handle North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un better than his South Korean counterpart, President Moon Jae-in, but it&#8217;s unlikely anything significant will come of Tuesday&#8217;s summit in Singapore, according to North Korean defector Kim Young-il.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From the way that Trump talks, it seems like he understands a lot more about North Korea than [South Korean president] Moon Jae-In,&#8221; Kim told Business Insider during a recent interview. &#8220;To me, it seems like Trump understands the characteristics of Kim Jong Un better in terms of how to deal with his personality.&#8221;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/why-trump-north-korea-summit-wont-solve-anything-defector-news-2018-6?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">See the rest of the story at Business Insider<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NOW WATCH: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/dr-martens-uk-factory-cobbs-lane-where-iconic-made-in-england-range-is-made-2018-6?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">Inside Dr. Martens\u2019 only UK factory where its iconic Made In England range has been manufactured since 1960<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See Also:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/michael-jordan-house-pics-2013-11?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">Here is Michael Jordan&#8217;s 56,000-square foot house in Chicago and why it is still on the market after 6 years<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/people-are-kicking-starship-technologies-food-delivery-robots-2018-6?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">People kicking these food delivery robots is an early insight into how cruel humans could be to robots<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/photos-of-queen-elizabeth-ii-the-longest-reigning-monarch-2017-4?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">The Queen at 92: The most important photo from every single year of her remarkable life<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/what-north-koreans-dont-understand-about-world-defector-news-2018-6?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\" >North Koreans understand their government lies, but there&#8217;s one thing they don&#8217;t know, according to a defector<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?a=I7qdzzbqRO8:M5WbWicnFXU:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?a=I7qdzzbqRO8:M5WbWicnFXU:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?i=I7qdzzbqRO8:M5WbWicnFXU:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?a=I7qdzzbqRO8:M5WbWicnFXU:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?i=I7qdzzbqRO8:M5WbWicnFXU:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?a=I7qdzzbqRO8:M5WbWicnFXU:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?a=I7qdzzbqRO8:M5WbWicnFXU:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?i=I7qdzzbqRO8:M5WbWicnFXU:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/businessinsider\/~4\/I7qdzzbqRO8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/businessinsider\/~3\/I7qdzzbqRO8\/why-trump-north-korea-summit-wont-solve-anything-defector-news-2018-6\">feedproxy.google.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business Insider North Korean defector Kim Young-il is the 39-year-old founder of&nbsp;People for Successful Corean Reunification (PSCORE).&nbsp;He escaped North Korea at 19 years old. Kim said that President Donald Trump&#8217;s handling of the upcoming summit with North Korea in Singapore on June 12 shows that he understands dictator Kim Jong Un better than South Korean &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[15920,15918,15872,6291,14634,9333,15919,15857],"class_list":["post-31469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-uncategorized","tag-better","tag-defector","tag-jong","tag-korea","tag-korean","tag-north","tag-summit","tag-trump"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/5b1786e67708e93bf9676197-7501528868822.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}