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By his own measures, Biden’s North Korea policy has been a failure

Denuclearization remains as far off as ever, and the US must take de-escalatory steps if it hopes to change this

The following article is an opinion piece by Colleen Moore, advocacy director for Women Cross DMZ. Views expressed in opinion articles are exclusively the author’s own and do not represent those of NK News. 

It doesn’t take an expert to recognize that the Biden administration’s policy on North Korea has been a failure.

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula are at their highest level since 2017. Last year, North Korea tested an unprecedented number of missiles, and the U.S., South Korea and Japan ramped up joint military exercises. 

Recently, the DPRK has flown several drones into South Korean airspace, promptingSouth