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Kim goes back on script
Posted By Kent Harrington on June 25, 2020 @ 11:00
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[1] cutting off all communications: https://apnews.com/c74e0b479ab14c2c80dd5ba2ebc4746e
[2] redeployed: https://www.npr.org/2020/06/17/879030121/north-korea-vows-to-send-troops-into-border-cooperation-zones
[3] issued renewed threats: http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2020/06/356_291409.html%20%20koreatimes.co.kr
[4] announced: https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/23/world/north-korea-vows-increase-nuclear-war-deterrence/index.html
[5] state media reported: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/korea-kim-suspends-plans-military-action-south-200624004316030.html
[6] run its course: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/12/north-korea-says-it-sees-little-reason-to-maintain-kim-trump-ties.html
[7] 69 other generals: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/24/world/asia/kim-jong-un-nuclear-north-korea.html
[8] failed nuclear summit: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/02/world/asia/trump-kim-jong-un-summit.html
[9] short-range missile testing: https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2020-04/news/north-korea-tests-first-missiles-2020
[10] noteworthy successes: https://www.statista.com/chart/9172/the-worrying-escalation-of-north-koreas-missile-tests/
[11] expanded: https://www.wsj.com/articles/while-trump-and-kim-talk-north-korea-appears-to-expand-its-nuclear-arsenal-11564059627
[12] support facilities: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles/facility-near-pyongyang-airport-linked-to-north-koreas-missile-programme-u-s-think-tank-says-idUSKBN22I0BQ
[13] indicted: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/us-brings-largest-ever-n-korean-sanctions-case-targeting-state-owned-bank-and-senior-government-officials/2020/05/28/3b23f616-a02b-11ea-b5c9-570a91917d8d_story.html
[14] placed 70%: https://www.businessinsider.com/3-maps-that-outline-north-koreas-military-might-2016-2
[15] one estimate: https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/perspectives/PE200/PE262/RAND_PE262.pdf
[16] 25 million people: https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/seoul-population/
[17] extort: https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/poll-s-koreans-oppose-trumps-cost-sharing-demands-support-alliance
[18] stopgap deal: https://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/us-agrees-to-temporary-deal-allowing-furloughed-south-korean-employees-to-return-to-work-1.632238
[19] demanding: https://thediplomat.com/2020/01/the-tough-road-ahead-for-us-japan-host-nation-support-negotiations/
[20] threatened: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/22/world/asia/japan-south-korea-intelligence.html
[21] have no confidence: https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2020/01/08/little-trust-in-trumps-handling-of-international-affairs/
[22] 90%: https://www.38north.org/2020/02/dwertz022520/
[23] cultivating: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/05/08/asia-pacific/north-south-korea-kim-xi/#.XuoZzy2z0Q8
[24] visited Pyongyang: https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-kim-xi-meeting-20190620-story.html
[25] US sanctions: https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2019/07/03/the-true-impact-of-north-korean-sanctions/
[26] suggest: http://www.theasanforum.org/kim-jong-uns-recent-absence-a-viewpoint-from-north-korean-media-analysis/
[27] faltering economy: https://thediplomat.com/2020/03/how-covid-19-is-affecting-north-koreas-economy/
[28] shelling of South Korean islands: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-korea-north-artillery/north-korea-shells-south-in-fiercest-attack-in-decades-idUSTRE6AM0YS20101123