Actions from Western nations toward North Korea are likely to be met with resistance and reservation, with cultural causes dating back to the Korean War. Western nations would need to work slowly and persistently to overcome these perceptions, or work via intermediary countries that have better existing relations with North Korea.

The stated goals of North Korean leadership are a reunification of the Korean peninsula under North Korean control, and a withdraw of US and allied forces from the region. These are unlikely points of negotiation. A further goal is to become an industrialized nation with global economic power, this is more agreeable to current Western sentiments.

Long term, Western nations can ease sanctions and open trade with North Korea, establish formal diplomatic relations, and encourage cultural exchange both into and out of North Korea. The most likely path to the West helping North Korea on a path to development is a slow and consistent position of increasing alignment.
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