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Domestic woes put Kim Jong Un on the defensive – and the offensive – in the Korean Peninsula

  • Written by Ñusta Carranza Ko, Assistant Professor of Global Affairs and Human Security, University of Baltimore
Domestic woes put Kim Jong Un on the defensive – and the offensive – in the Korean PeninsulaNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un on a screen at the Seoul Railway Station on Aug. 24, 2023.Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images

Kim Jong Un has had a busy and bellicose start to 2024.

On Jan. 14, the North Korean leader presided over the test of a “new solid-fuel hypersonic missile with intermediate range.” Two days later, during a speech at the...

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