North Korea just fired off a barrage of ballistic missiles into the sea — a defiant move hours after brushing off U.S. efforts to scale back joint military drills with South Korea. Seoul’s forces are on high alert, coordinating with Washington and Tokyo to monitor the situation, while officially demanding North Korea halt its provocative tests. President Trump’s recent decision to cut back on the massive Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises — citing his “good relationship” with Kim Jong Un — was met with icy dismissal by Kim’s sister, Kim Yo Jong, who called the drills inherently provocative and warned that no concessions will be made without major U.S. givebacks. She also shut down any notion of renewed talks, despite affirming their personal rapport remains intact — signaling Pyongyang is holding firm, waiting for bigger moves before returning to negotiations. With tensions escalating ahead of planned summer drills, experts say Kim now holds more leverage, leveraging his nuclear arsenal and growing ties with Russia to demand international recognition as a nuclear power in exchange for minimal denuclearization steps — a stark reversal from 2019 when diplomacy collapsed over sanctions versus disarmament.
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