situation has improved because of a lull in testing short-range missiles and nuclear weapons. if history is a guide here, this status quo may be tenuous. over a decade ago kim s father followed a similar pattern. there was a lull in testing while he waited to get concessions from the u.s., he didn t get them and he resumed testing. it remains to be seen whether the short-term security gain has an expiration date. what does this meeting and handshake of peace send to kim? to. to be clear, we re not at peace with north ykorea. north korea was launching cyber attacks, malware attacks, against the united states as early as next month. north korea s still attacking us. what frump s f it messages to kim jong-un the status quo is good enough and means kim is going to continue illicit activities that impact far beyond the korean peninsula. north korea has one of the largest conventional militaries in the world. over a million people. we know north korea in the past