Corée du Nord aux Jeux Olympiques: déstabiliser ou donner une véritable chance à la paix? (éditorial, NYT)

La Corée du Nord semble mener une opération charme pendant les Jeux Olympiques. Quel message doit-on y voir? Tente-t-on de contourner les États-Unis pour les couper de la Corée du Sud? Y-t-il un réel désir d'une sortie de crise pacifique sans engagement de la Corée du Nord sur la question des armes nucléaires? L'équipe éditoriale du New York Times se prononce.

 "North Korea is a reprehensible regime and the world must never forget that. Still, leaders seeking solutions to major problems like North Korea’s nuclear program don’t have the luxury of picking their adversaries. Mr. Pence might have used the occasion to raise American concerns with Ms. Kim directly, although the South Koreans say she didn’t seem to want to speak with him, either.

All of which leaves unresolved the question of whether North Korea is exploiting South Korea’s desire for peace in order to secure economic or other benefits and break the alliance with the United States, or it wants to resolve the nuclear crisis and other disputed issues.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/opinion/olympics-north-korea-sister.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&region=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region