This weekend of missile tests from North Korea signals that 2023 will not be a quiet year and could reach levels of dissonance seen in 2022. These tests manifest active North Korea's active exercising of its missile attacks against the United States, Japan, and South Korea.
The security situation on the Korean Peninsula is likely to return to the 2017 days of “fire and fury” when the United States and North Korea came closer to war or get even worse as Pyongyang is set to take aggressive actions against South Korea by expanding its nuclear arsenal, according to a Seoul-based think tank.
North Korea praised its achievements in its missile and nuclear programs this year, Wednesday, while strengthening its anti-American sentiment. According to an article in the Rodong Sinmun, the official media outlet of the ruling Workers Party, North Korea got off to a strong start in 2022 with the test-firing of a hypersonic missile, followed by months of other shocking developments including the launch of the Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), its strongest strategic weapon.
South Korea s military said Friday it will conduct its annual computer-simulated Taegeuk training next week to boost operational capabilities against threats from North Korea.