This week brings news that North Korea has quietly boosted its nuclear program. Here's why Pyongyang's doing this and what it could indicate about potential future nuclear talks 👇
PROGRAMMING NOTE: NatSec Daily will be off Monday for Labor Day, but we’ll be back in your inbox on Tuesday afternoon.is trying to pivot back to domestic initiatives after the conclusion of the war in Afghanistan, the world has a funny way of messing with plans. This week brings news that North Korea has quietly boosted its nuclear program.at the nuclear reactor site Yongbyon, where there had been no signs of reactor operations since December 2018.
The activity at Yongbyon “could very well indicate that North Korea is preparing itself to accept the Biden administration’s offer to resume nuclear talks, because the North Koreans want to go into those talks with some additional leverage,” said, director of the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University and a former top NSC official.since February. But Biden’s team remains ready to talk, especially in light of the IAEA’s findings.
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