Is North Korea truly considering war?

Kim Jong Un has scrapped the goal of reconciling and re-uniting with South Korea. Instead, he's presenting the North and South as two independent states at war with each other

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2024 01 23T184454Z 2 LYNXMPEK0M0GU RTROPTP 4 NORTHKOREA SOUTHKOREA Scaled — FILE PHOTO: People take part in the celebrations for the National Liberation Day near the Arch of Reunification in the city of Pyongyang, North Korea August 14, 2005/File Photo

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