Nobody was surprised when North Korea’s ruling party announced that Kim Jong-un (seen in a file photo) had “supervised a new ultra-modern tactical weapon test”. Photo: AP
Opinion
Opinion
From ‘strategic patience’ to ‘maximum pressure’: obstacles to progress remain in pushing North Korea on its nuclear weapons
- Edward Howell writes that Pyongyang’s weapons are not going anywhere for now, so long as the gap remains in how the North and Washington define denuclearisation
Nobody was surprised when North Korea’s ruling party announced that Kim Jong-un (seen in a file photo) had “supervised a new ultra-modern tactical weapon test”. Photo: AP