5 Things to Watch for From North Korea in 2020 – By Paul D. Shinkman (US News) / Dec 26 2019
One thing is certain from country as unpredictable as North Korea: After months of threats from Washington and Pyongyang, 2020 will be a tumultuous year.
This year has been one of the most tumultuous in recent relations between the U.S. and North Korea, following a series of threats and warnings from both sides, optimism at the prospect of talks and discouragement when they collapsed.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has issued an apparent ultimatum that the U.S. must present a satisfactory plan forward or he will retaliate with yet-unspecified action. He had menacingly pledged a “Christmas gift” for America.
President Donald Trump, who suggested Tuesday that the gift could be a “nice present … a beautiful vase instead of a missile test” has fired back that North Korea knows better than to escalate military tensions on the Korean peninsula going into an election year in 2020. Christmas came and went with no sign of hostile North Korean action.
Perhaps the only thing that’s certain about interactions between the two countries is that next year will be even more eventful.
Here are five things to watch going into 2020: https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2019-12-26/5-things-to-watch-for-from-north-korea-in-2020
