North Korea

At a time when the confrontation between the United States and China is ongoing, and the nations on the Korean Peninsula are in the process of choosing whose side to take in the approaching conflict, DPRK’s stance appears to be more certain, as evidenced by its political and economic ties during the period in question.

During the summer and autumn 2020, the author has, on more than one occasion, come across reports by analysts or statements by politicians about the possibility that North Korea could conduct a nuclear weapons test or at least, fire a submarine-launched intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of carrying a nuclear warhead in the run-up to the presidential election in the United States.

This is clearly an opportunity to gloat and say “see, I told you so.” Read on and enjoy.

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Trump Tweets “Kim Jong Un Is In Good Health” After Latest Round Of ‘Near Death’ Rumors
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-says-rare-tweet-kim-jong-un-good-health-after-latest-round-near-death-rumors

On August 20, 2020, behind closed doors, South Korea’s National Intelligence Service presented to the National Assembly a report that evoked the latest round of commotion regarding the North Korean leader’s fitness to serve.

Communist Kim Jong-un issued a ban on pet ownership in July, denouncing the practice as “a ‘tainted’ trend based in capitalist decadence. Over 40% of people in North Korea are considered “food insecure” and there are reports of starvation.

By Stephen Gowans July 30, 2020 A Choe Sang-Hun report in the New York Times of July 28 indirectly revealed three points of significance, neither of which Choe mentioned, but which, in an ideological environment less subservient to US foreign policy goals, might be brought to the fore.