The North Korean Crisis Around The Corner
Global Voices
By Daniel Russel, Vice President, International Security & Diplomacy: North Korea has launched more than 40 ballistic missiles this year and is reportedly preparing to conduct its seventh nuclear test.
Five years ago, the world faced the prospect of “fire and fury” as North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and then-US President Donald Trump traded threats of nuclear war. A phony peace followed, as Kim met with several world leaders to gain sanctions relief in exchange for vague promises to scale back parts of his nuclear program. After his failed Hanoi summit with Trump in 2019, Kim returned to Pyongyang and soon ordered a national lockdown in a futile effort to escape the COVID-19 pandemic. But North Korea’s nuclear-weapons and missile programs continued to advance rapidly.
The North Korean Crisis Around The Corner
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