The launch of a satellite by North Korea this year could provoke an American military strike against the DPRK, a South Korean expert told NK News in March.
In a wide-ranging interview on the DPRK leadership, ongoing rapprochement between the two Koreas, and Pyongyang's more long-term goal, Cheong Seong-chang, a senior researcher at the Sejong Institute, warned that the ongoing cooling of tensions on the peninsula might not last.
The launch of a satellite by North Korea this year could provoke an American military strike against the DPRK, a South Korean expert told NK News in March.
In a wide-ranging interview on the DPRK leadership, ongoing rapprochement between the two Koreas, and Pyongyang's more long-term goal, Cheong Seong-chang, a senior researcher at the Sejong Institute, warned that the ongoing cooling of tensions on the peninsula might not last.
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