26.01.2024, 12:40
One change was noticed in Kim Jong-un's behavior
Source: OREANDA-NEWS
OREANDA-NEWS The rhetoric of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un towards South Korea has recently become tougher, said Vasily Kashin, a Sinologist, director of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies at the Higher School of Economics. He spoke about this change in the behavior of the head of North Korea and the consequences of tension between the countries in an interview with Lenta.ru".
Kim Jong-un's statements have become tougher, but so far they are in line with the usual North Korean signals and the usual North Korean behavior during a period of rising tension, the political scientist said.
"When a conservative government comes to power in South Korea, relations deteriorate, the number of military exercises increases, and security cooperation with the United States and Japan increases. North Korea always reacts to this by increasing its own military activity and strengthening its own military rhetoric. This is done entirely for rational reasons. The North Koreans understand the basics of deterrence very well, and they always behave in such a way that the enemy has no doubt about the strength and scale of a possible North Korean reaction to any provocation or any hostile actions," the Sinologist shared.
At the same time, according to him, North Koreans always control themselves and do not cross borders. He recalled that there have been many such periods of tension, when much more serious statements were made in the DPRK than now.
The political scientist stressed that the situation on the Korean peninsula is characterized by permanent tension. "That is, there is always some chance that something will go wrong, someone will lose their nerves and something will start there, but the peninsula has been living in this mode for 70 years, and the maximum that happened was some small local shootings and the like incidents. So now the situation is not fundamentally different from previous periods of tension on the peninsula," the source told <url>.
Earlier, The New York Times, citing American officials, reported that the United States does not rule out an armed conflict between the countries in the coming months, as Kim Jong-un's latest statements were more aggressive.
On January 24, it became known that North Korea had demolished the Reunification Arch, which was a symbol of reunification with South Korea.
Kim Jong-un's statements have become tougher, but so far they are in line with the usual North Korean signals and the usual North Korean behavior during a period of rising tension, the political scientist said.
"When a conservative government comes to power in South Korea, relations deteriorate, the number of military exercises increases, and security cooperation with the United States and Japan increases. North Korea always reacts to this by increasing its own military activity and strengthening its own military rhetoric. This is done entirely for rational reasons. The North Koreans understand the basics of deterrence very well, and they always behave in such a way that the enemy has no doubt about the strength and scale of a possible North Korean reaction to any provocation or any hostile actions," the Sinologist shared.
At the same time, according to him, North Koreans always control themselves and do not cross borders. He recalled that there have been many such periods of tension, when much more serious statements were made in the DPRK than now.
The political scientist stressed that the situation on the Korean peninsula is characterized by permanent tension. "That is, there is always some chance that something will go wrong, someone will lose their nerves and something will start there, but the peninsula has been living in this mode for 70 years, and the maximum that happened was some small local shootings and the like incidents. So now the situation is not fundamentally different from previous periods of tension on the peninsula," the source told <url>.
Earlier, The New York Times, citing American officials, reported that the United States does not rule out an armed conflict between the countries in the coming months, as Kim Jong-un's latest statements were more aggressive.
On January 24, it became known that North Korea had demolished the Reunification Arch, which was a symbol of reunification with South Korea.
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