Kim Jong-un’s bellicose stance could signal conflict, or his preference for a President Trump

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects the test-fire of a submarine-launched strategic cruise missile in North Korea in an image released by state media on Monday. Photograph: KCNA VIA KNS/AFP/Getty Images

North Korea’s leader has increased his displays of military aggression but analysts are split on whether it’s a sign of electoral interference or a war footing

Justin McCurry in Tokyo and agencies

When a highly militarised dictatorship fires artillery shells in the direction of its neighbour, which it has just denounced as its “greatest enemy”, then tests cruise missiles and underwater nuclear attack drones, it is reasonable to believe that armed conflict could follow.… Read the rest

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