KOREA: Days Of Whine And Poses April 29, 2021: As the new government in the United States seeks to get North Korea to halt its nuclear program by offering some relaxation of sanctions, the Americans are running into problems with some key allies in the region. Japan and South Korea point out that North Korea shows no intention of giving up its weapons program and providing the North Koreans with any sanctions relief will just provide North Korea with more money to spend on nuclear weapons. South Korea and Japan also remind the Americans that they are a lot closer to the problem and will suffer sooner and more extensively than the Americans if North Korea uses their nukes or just missiles with non-nuclear warheads.