NYT: US authorities do not rule out an armed conflict between Pyongyang and Seoul

2024-01-26T05:28:09.875Z

Highlights: North Korea may begin military operations against South Korea in the coming months, The New York Times reports. The U.S. does not think that a full-scale war will break out on the Korean Peninsula, but admits that the DPRK may strike in such a way as to avoid immediate escalation. Earlier, the Reunification Arch monument, which symbolized reconciliation with South Korea, was demolished in Pyongyang. Kim Jong-un called South Korea the most hostile state for the DPRK, the paper reports.

North Korea may begin military operations against South Korea in the coming months, writes The New York Times, citing sources in the American administration.