Former NIS Chief Expects North Korea to Conduct Nuclear Test Before U.S. Midterm Elections

This seems like a good assessment, another possibility would be an ICBM launch towards the U.S. that lands in the ocean to demonstrate that the Kim regime can target the U.S. if it wants to:

Former National Intelligence Service (NIS) Director Park Jie-won said Monday that North Korea will likely conduct a nuclear test ahead of November’s U.S. midterm elections to show off its nuclear capability.

“They are going to do it in order to demonstrate a threat that its missile can fly to the U.S. carrying a miniaturized and lighter warhead, and to deal a blow to the Joe Biden administration ahead of the midterm elections,” Park said on KBS Radio. 

Park also said the North could undertake provocations in protest of military exercises that South Korea and the U.S. kicked off Monday.

“Chairman Kim Jong-un is not going to overlook it as if nothing happened,” he said.

Yonhap

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