Is Kim Jong Un preparing North Korea for war?

Kim has renounced the isolated communist state’s long-held goal of reunification with South Korea and intensified his nuclear threats, raising fears he may be planning military action.

SEOUL, Sout

For decades, the reclusive state has said its goal is to peacefully reunify with its “fellow countrymen” in South Korea. Now Kim has formally cast that goal aside, framing his neighbors as the enemy while intensifying his nuclear threats and tests — and raising alarm about whether, with the world focused on wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, he may be poised to start yet another conflict.