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What the blob really thinks about North Korea in 2023 – Ep. 269
The NK News team discuss how the Korean Peninsula looks from Washington midway through Biden’s term
ROK military welcomes sharing intel with Japan on North Korean missile launches
Official says cooperation would improve responses, after media report that two sides look to share real-time radar data
How the nature of the North Korean regime impacts the effectiveness of sanctions
Autocracies are usually less susceptible to outside pressure but are more likely to acquiesce when sanctioned by an ally
Nukes, missiles and satellites: What to make of North Korea’s plenum outcome
Kim Jong Un’s confrontational stance toward Seoul raises risk of limited inter-Korean conflict in year ahead
Kim Jong Un vows to ‘exponentially’ increase nuke production to counter US, ROK
North Korean leader previews ‘new’ ICBM development, spy satellite launch plans in 2023 as major party meeting ends
EXCLUSIVE: Photos reveal North Korean COVID ‘isolation ward’ on Russia border
Signs, fencing and other evidence point to preparations to relax border controls for small numbers of people to enter
To avoid the worst, US must abandon pretense of North Korean denuclearization
Sanctions will never convince Kim Jong Un to give up his nukes, making diplomacy the only option to secure stability
Seoul’s Indo-Pacific strategy urges global efforts to curtail North Korean nukes
Expert says strategy could help South Korea ‘internationalize’ DPRK issues and collaborate with ‘like-minded powers’
North Korea to ‘maintain’ line against US as Kim Jong Un sets new military goals
DPRK leader emphasizes struggle against enemy and talks ideological issues on second day of year-end party plenum
China ends quarantine for arrivals, removing barrier to accessing North Korea
Decision could put pressure on DPRK to relax its own border controls, though it has yet to indicate it will do so
