https://nytimes.com/world/asia/north-korea-nuclear-war
North Korea fired hundreds of artillery shells in waters near South Korean border islands on Jan. 5. Last week, it said it no longer regarded the South as inhabited by “fellow countrymen” but as a “hostile state” it would subjugate through a nuclear war.
On Friday, it said it had tested an underwater nuclear drone to help repel U.S. Navy fleets.That new drumbeat of threats, while the United States and its allies have been preoccupied with the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, has set foreign officials and analysts wondering whether the North’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has moved beyond posturing and is planning to assert more military force.
Analysts in China, North Korea’s most vital ally, were also deeply skeptical that Mr. Kim would go to war unless the North were attacked. Prof. Shi Yinhong, at Renmin University in Beijing, asserted that the North’s leadership, not being irrational, ultimately acted out of self-preservation — and that starting a war would work against that goal.
Others noted that the North could assert itself militarily, including through smaller conventional strikes and bolder weapons testing, without necessarily triggering a deadly response.
“There are many rungs of the escalation ladder that North Korea can climb short of all-out war,” said Victor Cha, a Korea expert at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies. “Kim is not that confident in his capabilities to deter U.S. reaction if he were to do something rash.”
@CrackersArianaDemocrat3mos3MO
Maybe Trump can win the presidency and help KJU take South Korea, there such good friends and all
@ZealfulD3b4t3Democrat3mos3MO
Anyone else wonder if more of trump’s “associates” are meeting with authoritarian leaders, like Grenell’s meeting with Giammattei? Trying to undermine Biden?
@SeahorsePeteGreen3mos3MO
with all the pathetic right winger dictators rising all over the world, I foresee lots of violence in the future. so sad and pathetic that we have to go through this all over again.
@WingedWildfowlSocialist3mos3MO
Like zelensky and his bandera fascist group who killed and terrorized ethnic russians in east Ukraine?
@SeahorsePeteGreen3mos3MO
pure Russian propaganda
@WingedWildfowlSocialist3mos3MO
Well Ukranian celebrated live on Television when Ukranian fascists Riots burned down the Administration building in Odesa burning innocent alive many died on that day . Look it up for yourself and tell me again its russian propaganda.
@FitzGibbonRepublican 3mos3MO
The North Korean peninsula has my sympathies. We need to make sure we do not allow him to act on there threats and defend are allies to the best of our ability.
@9J9BN2C3mos3MO
It’s extremely scary for our country. I worry for my family and friends.
@SnipeLeahRepublican3mos3MO
He wants to go to war so badly. Putin has inspired him.
@9J9C8CN3mos3MO
Why would Kim attack the untied states,which is known for being one of the most powerful,if not The most powerful country in the world,we can do so many to beat north Korea in a war.
@9J9B3BB3mos3MO
If we are attacked we will lose a lot
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