{"id":4289,"date":"2021-01-19T06:42:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T06:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/?p=4289"},"modified":"2021-01-19T06:45:21","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T06:45:21","slug":"north-koreas-kim-could-be-planning-missilellaunch-to-welcome-biden-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/2021\/01\/19\/north-koreas-kim-could-be-planning-missilellaunch-to-welcome-biden-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea\u2019s Kim Could be Planning Missile Launch to Welcome Biden Administration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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North Korea appears to be taking steps toward a new test of a powerful submarine-launched missile as it steadily dials up the pressure on President-elect Joe Biden. Last week, Kim Jong Un presided over another demonstration of his country\u2019s military might in a nighttime parade in Pyongyang, kicked off with a fireworks display. Now, it appears he might be planning a very different fireworks display to greet the incoming U.S. president. On show at the parade was a new ballistic missile designed to be launched from a submarine, with\u00a0state media\u00a0describing it as \u201cthe world\u2019s most powerful weapon.\u201d Satellite evidence has emerged of work at a naval base in the port city of Nampo on the country\u2019s west coast that suggests preparations could be underway for a test launch of a similar missile. Since November, the long-dormant barge has been hauled from its usual moorings to a nearby dry dock, an unusual move that suggests that North Korean officials are \u201cpreparing to use the barge for a launch\u201d in the near future. In a speech to a ruling party congress this month, Kim said he would \u201ctirelessly strengthen\u201d North Korea\u2019s military, expand its nuclear arsenal and develop new nuclear-tipped missiles capable of reaching Washington, pointedly calling the United States his country\u2019s\u00a0\u201cbiggest enemy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the North Koreans are not happy about the situation, what do they do? They have done the same thing for decades. They manufacture a small, nice, manageable crisis. I believe Kim Jong Un will test President-elect Biden as soon as he is inaugurated and if Biden does respond forcefully, it will set an ominous tone for his entire term. The only thing Kim understands is power and \u201ctough love,\u201d so the immediate reaction to a nuclear test must be to slap the most draconian economic sanctions possible on North Korea and maximum pressure on China to not violate them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Americans still live in a dream world, where we think North Korea is run by people who are naive enough to consider denuclearization. The United States has seen Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq, Ukraine, Crimea, etc. North Korean leaders have always believed nuclear arms are the only guarantee of their political and perhaps physical survival. They have made it clear many times their goal is some kind of deal with the United States which will include their explicit or implicit acceptance as nuclear power and I think this is so because it’s their only tool that could possibly bring them to the same level as the U.S as a global superpower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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North Korea appears to be taking steps toward a new test of a powerful submarine-launched missile as it steadily dials up the pressure on President-elect Joe Biden. Last week, Kim Jong Un presided over another demonstration of his country\u2019s military might in a nighttime parade in Pyongyang, kicked off with a fireworks display. Now, it appears he might be planning… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":158,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/158"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4289"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4292,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4289\/revisions\/4292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}