Five reasons for escalation

Kim is planning a nuclear war and the world is just watching

North Korea's dictator Kim Jong Un grins while preparations for a nuclear strike are underway.

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As the war in Ukraine enters its third year and the fighting in Gaza rages, security experts are turning their attention to a completely different part of the world: North Korea. Almost unnoticed by the world public, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is preparing for war with South Korea. Krone+ explains the explosive situation.

"The situation on the Korean peninsula is more dangerous than it has ever been since June 1950," write Stanford professor emeritus Siegfried S. Hecker and his colleague Robert Carlin in an article for the renowned North Korea blog "38 North". As a reminder: at that time, North Korean troops crossed the border in order to force a violent reunification of the two parts of the state. A war that cost millions of lives.