Biden awaits Kim’s first move during his presidency

US intelligence has warned about the possibility that North Korea is preparing to launch its first weapons test during the presidency of US President Joe Biden, US officials told CNN.

The assessment coincides with the start of joint US-South Korean military exercises, and the joint official visit of Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Defense Minister Lloyd Austin to Japan today and South Korea tomorrow.

And according to what a US official told “CNN”, North Korea can decide whether to continue the experiment, based on what will result from the visit of the two US ministers to the region.

Today, the commander of the US “Northern Command”, General Glenn Van Herc, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that “the Kim Jong Un regime has achieved disturbing success in its quest to demonstrate the ability to threaten states. United with ICBMs. ” ”

According to US officials, the Biden administration is discussing how to respond should North Korea do so.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister threatened (the Senate Armed Services Committee) to cancel the truce agreement with South Korea, due to their joint military exercises with the United States.

Previously, the Biden administration revealed that it had attempted to contact North Korea and had not received a response from them.