While Pyongyang faces limitations, its ambition to move beyond nuclear deterrence could dramatically escalate the military threat it poses
Last month, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un signalled a fundamental shift in military strategy. Moving beyond his regime’s traditional emphasis on nuclear deterrence, Kim said the country would significantly upgrade its conventional armed forces alongside its atomic arsenal.
A formal policy of “simultaneously pushing forward the building of nuclear forces and conventional armed forces in the field of building up national defence” would be unveiled at the coming Ninth Congress of the Workers’ Party, according to North Korean state media reports.
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