Kim Jong Un: North Korea may 'seek a new path' if US doesn't negotiate

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6. Countries will start to force return of NK overseas workers in 2019

...this will further reduce North Koreas foreign exchange account to a level that is not palatable to the leadership. So it's a return to regime change politics by the US, and self reliance ideology by the North. The message to the South as the mediator between the US and the North was very soft and hopeful.

Te Yong Ho, the well known North Korean diplomatic defector says that some relief from sanctions in the form of reopening Kumgansang resort and Kaeseong Industrial Zone is a major objective. The current sanctions regime blocks this kind of economic cooperation between North and South Korea.