Russia, North Korea and Kim Jong Un
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President Lee faces a North Korea that has abandoned reunification, built a massive nuclear arsenal, and aligned with Russia, leaving only modest hope for risk reduction, not reconciliation.
North Korean officials have labeled leaflet activists in South Korea "human scum" and in 2020 demolished an inter-Korean liaison office during a spat over leaflets. In 2022, they claimed the balloons could carry the coronavirus.