2022 in Review: North Korea and the Pandemic
North Korea’s missile tests likely have less to do with any military threat, and much more to do with COVID and its domestic impacts.
North Korea’s missile tests likely have less to do with any military threat, and much more to do with COVID and its domestic impacts.
In what is being hailed as a significant step by the United States and South Korea, North Korea has announced that it has suspended missile tests and will shut down its nuclear test site. While seemingly an important step towards denuclearization, the move by North Korea only affirms prior statements by the regime.
Analysts have attributed recent market downturns to North Korean provocations, but investors seem to be reacting more negatively to responses from the Trump administration.