Keep a wary eye on North Korea
Time|February 26, 2024
OVER THE DECADES, NORTH KOrea's leaders have periodically made bombastic threats of military force against South Korea and its foreign backers, particularly the U.S. and Japan.
IAN BREMMER
Keep a wary eye on North Korea

And for the most part, while carefully monitoring North Korean military moves on the ground, by sea, and in the air, leaders in Seoul, Washington, and Tokyo could dismiss these incendiary-sounding warnings as a substitute for action rather than a sign that aggression is imminent.

There are reasons why that might be changing and why we should now pay closer attention to what Kim Jong Un and his generals are up to. There are growing worries North Korea could carry out a surprise attack or launch some other provocation against South Korea over the course of this year, even if it falls short of war. The risk looks particularly high in the run-up to South Korea's next legislative elections, now set for April.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة February 26, 2024 من Time.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة February 26, 2024 من Time.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

المزيد من القصص من TIME مشاهدة الكل
NIH budget cuts are causing chaos
Time

NIH budget cuts are causing chaos

THE U.S. NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH) IS THE largest funder of biomedical research in the world, and its grants create the foundation of basic science knowledge on which major health advances are built.

time-read
4 mins  |
March 10, 2025
Zero Day's uncannily apolitical Washington
Time

Zero Day's uncannily apolitical Washington

IN AN EARLY SCENE OF THE NETFLIX THRILLER ZERO DAY, a former U.S. President is visiting the site of a deadly Manhattan subway crash when an onlooker starts shouting about crisis actors.

time-read
6 mins  |
March 10, 2025
For the love of voice notes
Time

For the love of voice notes

SOMEWHERE IN THE BLUR OF 2020, AS I SLIPPED OUTside with a mask and running shoes in the early morning to walk around the block, the lilting drawl of a friend's \"Hiiiiii\" nearly stopped me in my tracks.

time-read
5 mins  |
March 10, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.As the U.S. Health Secretary
Time

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.As the U.S. Health Secretary

THE SENATE CONFIRMED ROBERT F. Kennedy Jr., one of country's most notorious vaccine skeptics, to run the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Feb. 13, sparking outrage among public-health experts who worry that Kennedy will harm public health and further erode trust in science and medicine.

time-read
1 min  |
March 10, 2025
THE RISE OF GERMANY'S FAR RIGHT
Time

THE RISE OF GERMANY'S FAR RIGHT

Alice Weidel's AfD party is making gainswith a boost from the Trump Administration

time-read
10+ mins  |
March 10, 2025
Net Zero Is Not Enough
Time

Net Zero Is Not Enough

AUSTRALIAN MINING BILLIONAIRE ANDREW FORREST'S GREEN CRUSADE

time-read
10+ mins  |
March 10, 2025
How will your new company, Respin, help women in menopause?
Time

How will your new company, Respin, help women in menopause?

Halle Berry The Oscar-winning actor says there’sa desperate need to inform women about menopause. Her new company aims to fill that education and empathy gap

time-read
2 mins  |
March 10, 2025
How we talk about the Holocaust now
Time

How we talk about the Holocaust now

VICE PRESIDENT J.D. VANCE ARRIVED AT THE DACHAU concentration camp under low, gray clouds.

time-read
6 mins  |
March 10, 2025
South Korea's political drama will produce waves overseas
Time

South Korea's political drama will produce waves overseas

SOUTH KOREA'S political crisis continues. After President Yoon Suk-yeol was impeached and arrested following his aborted imposition of martial law last December, the country's Constitutional Court will now decide his future. Legal experts say Yoon will soon be removed from office and sent to prison.

time-read
2 mins  |
March 10, 2025
WOMEN of the YEAR
Time

WOMEN of the YEAR

13 extraordinary leaders fighting for a more equal future

time-read
6 mins  |
March 10, 2025