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  • US officials fear North Korean military action ahead of the US election, NBC News reported.
  • Senior officials told the outlet that such a move could be encouraged by Vladimir Putin.
  • North Korea and Russia have formed close military ties in recent years.

US officials are preparing for potential North Korean military action — possibly encouraged by Russian President Vladimir Putin — in the run-up to the US election in November, NBC News reported, citing six senior US officials.

Such a move could be designed to create chaos in another part of the world as the election process ramps up, they said.

"We have no doubt that North Korea will be provocative this year. It's just a matter of how escalatory it is," one US intelligence official added.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, they do this periodically when they want attention.

[–] Crack0n7uesday 17 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Usually when they're hungry, is it floods or droughts that brings famine this time? It's seriously sad as fuck.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 6 months ago

I recently learned about all the progress the two Koreas were making with one another, which all coincidentally fell apart after Kim and Trump met a few times.

Sucks how years of progress was likely thrown out because of our petulant cunt of a president didn’t know how to do diplomacy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Korean_peace_process

[–] Theprogressivist 8 points 6 months ago

Looks like Kim Jung Un is hungry again.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The officials' warning comes ahead of a likely meeting between North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un and Putin, which the Kremlin announced earlier this week was "being prepared."

We will announce the dates of the trip in due course," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Friday, French news agency AFP reported.

For its part, North Korea has sent munitions to Moscow, ostensibly to help Putin's forces in their war against Ukraine, but also to take advantage of the opportunity to test its equipment on the battlefield, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank.

In return, North Korea "expects Russia to provide advanced weapons systems and technological know-how to significantly strengthen its defense, nuclear, and space programs," the think tank said.

The six US officials also told NBC News that the Biden administration was concerned that the relationship could lead to significant developments in Pyongyang's nuclear capabilities, increasing tensions in the Asia-Pacific region.

But earlier this month, the office of Ukraine's top prosecutor, Andriy Kostin, told Reuters that North Korean-supplied weapons appeared to have a high failure rate.


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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

What are they gonna do? Crash another rocket into the ocean?

[–] mlg 2 points 6 months ago

Lol I remember a few years ago when they got thrown into the dumpster of news when Iran made a big boohoo a week after they made some big threat and they lost everyone's attention.

[–] werefreeatlast 0 points 6 months ago

That makeup is working really well. The eyeliner got my neighbor's dog really hard.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting -2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That's one thing about the US electorate, we love to change presidents right in the middle of an important fight

[–] Coach 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I think you meant to add /s to your post.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 4 points 6 months ago

I make such remarks for my own satisfaction. If others fail to enjoy them, there is little to be lost between us.