In spite of the narrative of the Trump administration claiming that no concessions were made to organise the summit, the assembly of the leaders is itself is a concession from the US side and twisted victory for the DPRK. By accepting Pyongyang’s invitation, the United States is granting the DPRK government the status of a nuclear power that other state powers must negotiate with. This is a classical realism balance of powers argument. The notion that one country should not rise to dominance in a given region or the world by extension. Moreover, protagonists in this case, China, South Korea and United States all have tactical reasons for keeping Kim Jong-un’s regime in power, although without a nuclear weapons capability. South Koreans believe