Korea – North
Updated 2024-02-26
2024-01-12 North Korea Watchers Issue Ominous 2024 Warning Seoul-based news organization NK Pro on Wednesday released a list of predictions for this year amid fraying stability between nuclear-armed North Korea and its U.S.-allied neighbor. The forecast spans topics from North Korean ballistic missiles to Russian involvement in the reclusive nation’s burgeoning nuclear weapons program.
South Korea’s partial withdrawal from a 2018 inter-Korean military agreement, triggered by North Korea’s first successful launch of a spy satellite, and Pyongyang’s subsequent total withdrawal from the agreement, set the stage for heightened military tensions this year. The new report predicts an increase in activity along the demilitarized zone separating the two countries, potentially leading to a violent clash.
Also in December, Kim vowed to target the U.S. with nuclear warheads in response to perceived nuclear provocation—without elaborating further on what he would consider provocative behavior. The report also highlights North Korea’s deepening collaboration with Russia, having provided ballistic missiles and other weapons to aid Moscow in its conflict with Ukraine. In return, Russia may offer technical and fuel management expertise to North Korea’s nuclear program. Meanwhile, if South Korea begins selling arms directly to Ukraine, rather than to countries already arming the besieged country, Russia might respond by providing North Korea with a more powerful nuclear reactor, the report said. Moscow-Pyongyang collaboration could extend to bolstering North Korea’s cybersecurity defenses, the authors wrote. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/north-korea-watchers-issue-ominous-2024-warning/ar-AA1mSmjt
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