Nordkorea vs. Südkorea

[Nightwatch]

Die internationale Sicherheitslage verschlechtert sich auch in Hinblick auf Nordkorea massiv. Es wird leider immer wahrscheinlicher, dass das (noch?) informelle Bündnis zwischen Russland, China und Nordkorea den erweiterten Westen in den kommenden Jahren militärisch herausfordern wird.
Und anstatt uns vorzubereiten stolpern wir am Abgrund entlang.

Is Kim Jong Un Preparing for War?

The situation on the Korean Peninsula is more dangerous than it has been at any time since early June 1950. That may sound overly dramatic, but we believe that, like his grandfather in 1950, Kim Jong Un has made a strategic decision to go to war. We do not know when or how Kim plans to pull the trigger, but the danger is already far beyond the routine warnings in Washington, Seoul and Tokyo about Pyongyang’s “provocations.” In other words, we do not see the war preparation themes in North Korean media appearing since the beginning of last year as typical bluster from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea).

https://www.38north.org/2024/01/is-kim-j...g-for-war/

U.S. Is Watching North Korea for Signs of Lethal Military Action

North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, could take some form of lethal military action against South Korea in the coming months after having shifted to a policy of open hostility, U.S. officials say.

The officials have assessed that Mr. Kim’s recent harder line is part of a pattern of provocations, but that his declarations have been more aggressive than previous statements and should be taken seriously.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/us/po...ZhakZ8xHZW

A new reactor at North Korea’s primary nuclear weapons development site has been in regular operation since last year and can likely produce enough plutonium to craft around a dozen nuclear weapons annually, a think tank assessed in a report this week.

https://www.nknews.org/2024/01/north-kor...on-report/