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“Even as an executive, I’ve always used humor as a way to disarm people in the best possible way. I know how to connect people.”

In a survey by the Korea Institute for National Unification, a government-funded think tank, 66% of South Koreans said their country should get nuclear weapons if North Korea does not disarm.

Ten years later, it forced Israel to withdraw from the country — though Israel continues to control some disputed territory — but did not disarm.

"Humour has this unique ability to disarm people - it lowers their defences and allows them to consider issues from a fresh perspective," he said.

Security Council passed a resolution requiring Hezbollah to disarm in the area south of the Litani River, 10 kilometers north of the Israel–Lebanon border.