North Korea has made abundantly clear in recent weeks that it is committed to taking a harder line toward South Korea, insisting again that the DPRK is a nuclear state and launching what it called 18 nuclear-capable rockets in a show of its resolve to carry out preemptive attacks.
These words and deeds are only the latest evidence of marked changes in North Korea over the last decade, likely reflecting a shift in the strategic thinking of Pyongyang's elite.
North Korea has made abundantly clear in recent weeks that it is committed to taking a harder line toward South Korea, insisting again that the DPRK is a nuclear state and launching what it called 18 nuclear-capable rockets in a show of its resolve to carry out preemptive attacks.
These words and deeds are only the latest evidence of marked changes in North Korea over the last decade, likely reflecting a shift in the strategic thinking of Pyongyang's elite.
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