It is unlikely that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il give in to pressure to renounce its nuclear capability because it believes it is vital for "the regime's survival," said a U.S. commander in South Korea. The comments made by Admiral Walter Sharp at a hearing of the Senate of the United States were made when a South Korean nuclear envoy to visit Washington to discuss the nuclear standoff with Pyongyang, and before a trip to Seoul by Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.
North Korea has said it wants to return to six-party nuclear talks, but Seoul and Washington have questioned his sincerity, saying the revelations in November on important advances in uranium enrichment program in Pyongyang. North Korea has tested nuclear devices in 2006 and 2009 and conducted tests of long-range missiles in 1998, 2006 and 2009. 
North Korea has said it wants to return to six-party nuclear talks, but Seoul and Washington have questioned his sincerity, saying the revelations in November on important advances in uranium enrichment program in Pyongyang. North Korea has tested nuclear devices in 2006 and 2009 and conducted tests of long-range missiles in 1998, 2006 and 2009.
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