What’s behind North Korea’s ‘nuclear attack’ drills?
05 September 2023 |
10:17 am
Pyongyang has carried out a series of unprecedented military drills and threatened to use nuclear weapons in an invasion of South Korea. It's partly encouraged by closer alliances with Russia and China, experts say.
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