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UN Security Council Passes New Resolution 2094 on North Korea
March 7, 2013
https://www.csis.org/analysis/un-sec...94-north-korea
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Q4: What is North Korea?s likely response?
A4: Expect a North Korean provocation in the coming weeks. First, the country has already threatened suspension of the 1953 Korean War armistice, including severing its military hotline with the United States and suspending the activities of its representative office at Panmunjom. Second, its rhetoric is at a fever pitch with threats of preemptive nuclear attacks against the United States. Third, North Korea has blasted ongoing annual U.S.-South Korea military exercises, including the start of Key Resolve beginning Monday, March 11. Fourth, it has declared no-sail, no-fly zones in the East Sea and Yellow Sea, which are telltale signs of more missile tests. Finally, our research at CSIS shows that the North does a military provocation of some form within weeks of every South Korean presidential inauguration dating back to 1992 (South Korean president Park Guen-hye was inaugurated into office on February 25). Not a good prospect at all.
Q5: Are North Korean threats of nuclear preemptive attacks credible?
A5: So far, North Korea has neither demonstrated nor deployed a nuclear weapons-capable ICBM that could reach the United States. However, its latest missile test (December 2012) and nuclear test (February 2013) appear to demonstrate significant advancements in technology that show the regime is well on the way to developing such a capability, possibly within the term of the current American president. They already possess hundreds of deployed Nodong missiles that could hit U.S. bases in Japan and South Korea. North Korea also has a record of selling their weapons technology to Libya, Syria, Iran, and Pakistan. Given these factors, any national security expert takes no comfort in the hope that these threats could be empty.
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