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In this month’s NK Update, Yong-shin Cho, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Economics at Seoul National University writes on the end-of-war declaration and missile tests. Upon President Moon’s call for an end-of-war declaration in his UN speech, the North’s efforts to enhance its defense capabilities are intensifying. Kim Jong Un explained that the missile test is part of its plans to attain the main goal of the five-year plan for the development of the national defense science and weapons system. While the Kim regime states that South Korea is not the main enemy notwithstanding series of missile launches, South Korea and U.S officials continue to express concern on the situation in the Korean Peninsula.
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