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By Park Si-soo
Will North Korea drop its nuclear ambitions if Donald Trump is elected U.S. President?
The Republican presidential candidate recently unveiled his plan to stop the North's experiments with nuclear weapons and to topple the Kim Jong-un regime. The plan, which experts here often describe as "half-baked," is centered on U.S. pressure on China, the reclusive state's most important ally.
"I would get China to make that guy (Kim Jong-un) disappear in one form or another very quickly," Trump said in an interview with U.S. broadcaster CBS on Feb. 10.
Co-host Norah O'Donnell asked Trump what he meant and if he was calling for North Korea's leader to be assassinated.
"Well, you know, I've heard of worse things, frankly," Trump said. "I mean, this guy is a bad dude. And don't underestimate him."
Asked why the U.S. would not address the North Korean issue itself, Trump said China needed to do so because it already had control over the North. Trump said he would use economic sanctions to force China to act.
"China has control ― absolute control ― of North Korea," Trump said. "They don't say it, but they do, and they should make that problem disappear."
