With $650 million, North Korea fulfilled the leader’s ambitions

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With 2022 entering its middle, I managed to North Korea Over the course of 6 months since the establishment of its seat originally reserved in the arena of nuclear conflict, the number of test missiles it has launched since the beginning of the year has reached the threshold of 33 test missiles.

In a country grappling with a stifling economic situation, deepened by the outbreak of the Corona virus, President Kim Jong Un has spent up to $650 million on his missile launches, at a cost of $30 million for each ICBM.

As for the short-range missiles, each cost $5 million, which is about half the estimated costs of what Russia spends on its similar missiles.

North Korea launched 8 ballistic missiles The short-haul towards the sea off its east coast, Sunday, the day after the closing South Korea The United States is the first joint exercise between them.

The launch also came after a visit to Seoul by the US official in charge of North Korea affairs, Sung Kim, who left Saturday.

The Special Representative of the United States met with his counterparts South Korean Kim Jun and Japanese Funakoshi Takehiro, Friday, to prepare "For all emergencies" Amid indications that North Korea is preparing to conduct a nuclear test for the first time since 2017.

During the visit, Kim said that Washington has made it clear to Pyongyang that it is open to diplomacy, indicating that he is ready to discuss items of concern to North Korea, such as easing sanctions.

Last week, the United States called for more UN sanctions on me North Korea China and Russia objected to the proposal, publicly splitting the UN Security Council over the isolated country for the first time since it began sanctioning it in 2006, when Pyongyang conducted its first nuclear test.

North Korea’s decades-old propaganda machine justifies exorbitant military expenditures as necessary to prevent an invasion United State and preserving the unique culture of its people.

North Korea’s sanctions-hit economy is now smaller than it was when Kim took power, according to South Korean banking estimates.

And he said World Food Program The UN agency, which has been working in North Korea for years, says about 40 percent of the population is malnourished.

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With 2022 entering its middle, I managed to North Korea Over the course of 6 months since the establishment of its seat originally reserved in the arena of nuclear conflict, the number of test missiles it has launched since the beginning of the year has reached the threshold of 33 test missiles.

In a country grappling with a stifling economic situation, deepened by the outbreak of the Corona virus, President Kim Jong Un has spent up to $650 million on his missile launches, at a cost of $30 million for each ICBM.

As for the short-range missiles, each cost $5 million, which is about half the estimated costs of what Russia spends on its similar missiles.

North Korea launched 8 ballistic missiles The short-haul towards the sea off its east coast, Sunday, the day after the closing South Korea The United States is the first joint exercise between them.

The launch also came after a visit to Seoul by the US official in charge of North Korea affairs, Sung Kim, who left Saturday.

The Special Representative of the United States met with his counterparts South Korean Kim Jong-un and Japan’s Funakoshi Takehiro on Friday to prepare for “all emergencies” amid indications that North Korea is preparing to conduct a nuclear test for the first time since 2017.

During the visit, Kim said that Washington has made it clear to Pyongyang that it is open to diplomacy, indicating that he is ready to discuss items of concern to North Korea, such as easing sanctions.

Last week, the United States called for more UN sanctions on me North Korea China and Russia objected to the proposal, publicly splitting the UN Security Council over the isolated country for the first time since it began sanctioning it in 2006, when Pyongyang conducted its first nuclear test.

North Korea’s decades-old propaganda machine justifies exorbitant military expenditures as necessary to prevent an invasion United State and preserving the unique culture of its people.

North Korea’s sanctions-hit economy is now smaller than it was when Kim took power, according to South Korean banking estimates.

And he said World Food Program The UN agency, which has been working in North Korea for years, says about 40 percent of the population is malnourished.

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