What does Kim Jong-Un really want ?
Kim Jong un's threats of war weren't new but they were echoed by the US on twitter by the way which seems like a bad way but tensions were at an arguably all-time high and then something changed out of nowhere after Kim Jong-un announced he would send two athletes to the 2018 Olympics.
He also left the country for the first time as supreme leader to visit Xi Jinping in China and then the biggest news yet both North and South held an inter-korean summit for Kim hugged the South Korea President even stepped on South Korean soil I mean that sound like a story from the onion its a complete 360% turn of the story from non-stop missile launches to two friendly smiles and hugs in just five months for many this is completely bizarre for others its the obvious result of successful foreign policy but what looks like desperation is really just the continuation of a long-standing very rational very calculated survival strategy with a twist so what exactly is going on and how will it end?
| Date | News |
|---|---|
January 3 2016 | After four years in power, Kim Jong-un says his country can produce a hydrogen bomb, the first step toward a nuclear weapon that could target the United States. The nation tests a device, but Western experts are not convinced it is a genuine hydrogen bomb. |
February 9 2016 | North Korea sends up a satellite. The United States calls this a disguised test of an engine powerful enough to launch an ICBM. |
Aguest 8 2016 | North Korea claims it can miniaturise a nuclear device to fit onto a missile. |
June 2016 | North Korea says it has successfully tested an intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM), with a range of 2,000 to 3,400 miles.Kim Jong-un claims the country can now attack "Americans in the Pacific operation theatre," including the territory of Guam. |
September 2016 | North Korea conducts its fifth and largest nuclear test on the anniversary of the country's founding. It says it has mastered the ability to mount a warhead on a ballistic missile. |
April 2017 | North Korea reveals a new ICBM design, displaying the missiles at a military parade to mark the birthday of founding leader Kim Il-Sung. Within three months, the missiles are tested. |
July 2017 | North Korea tests an ICBM for the first time, saying it can launch a missile that can reach the continental United States. The missile, Hwasong-14, is tested again three weeks later, this time in a night launch. |
August 2017 | North Korea's army threatens to fire missiles toward Guam in an "enveloping fire." The message comes hours after President Donald Trump warns Pyongyang that it will be "met with fire and fury" if North Korea does not stop threatening the United States.North Korea fires an intermediate range missile over northern Japan, prompting warnings to residents to take cover. The missile falls into the Pacific Ocean, but sharply raises tension in the region. |
September 2017 | North Korea said it successfully conducted a test of a hydrogen bomb, marking the country's sixth nuclear test. The bomb was the most powerful the country had tested and led to a magnitude-6.3 earthquake.It was followed soon afterwards by another missile launch that flew over Japan, which led to strong condemnation from the UN. |
September 2017 | US President Donald Trump warns leaders at the UN General Assembly that the US may have to destroy North Korea if Kim Jong-un continues to threaten its neighbours."Rocket Man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime," he says. |
January 2017 | Kim Yo-jong, the sister of Kin Jong-un joined US Vice President Mike Pence at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. |
Despite all of the news and information collected, I believe Kim jong-en unlike his father with the only wish to destroy and show off their nuclear power, instead he want to stay in power as long as power to enjoy the wealth, luxury and safety his family now enjoy. In contracts, the whole world see Kim as an genuinely crazy supreme leader and the threats North Korea pose is unimaginable which give him the negotiation power with the US. My best guess would be someday in the future they will open border and attract more investors to grow their economy.