The following article is a column by Andrei Lankov, a professor at Kookmin University and a director at Korea Risk Group, which oversees NK News and NK Pro. Views expressed in opinion articles and columns are exclusively the author’s own and do not represent those of NK News.

After a stint of summits and high-level diplomacy, the United States appears to be faltering back into status quo relations with North Korea: Strategic patience. 

The Joe Biden administration recently announced that it wrapped up its North Korea policy review, which has yet to be revealed in full but so far