'Revealing Kim Jong-un-Trump Personal Letters'... Concerns Over Negative Impact on 75th Party Founding Anniversary Provocations

Donald Trump, President of the United States, is responding to reporters' questions about Bob Woodward's new book "Rage," the Watergate investigative journalist, during a press briefing at the White House in Washington DC on the 10th (local time).

Amid growing concerns over North Korea's provocations on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party on October 10, attention is focused on how the revelation of letters exchanged between North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump will affect future North Korea-U.S. relations.

The disclosure of the 'Kim Jong-un-Trump letters' from the U.S. side is seen as potentially having a negative impact not only on North Korea-U.S. relations but also on the immediate level of provocations. President Trump's sudden tweet stating, "Kim Jong-un is healthy. Never underestimate him," is interpreted as reflecting these concerns.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also sent a message aimed at managing the situation, saying, "I hope to have serious talks with Chairman Kim again someday." He also expressed concern about North Korea's COVID-19 situation, stating, "I hope we can provide humanitarian aid to help them."

However, there is also an assessment that North Korea's level of provocations may be low as the country is currently suffering severe damage from typhoons and floods and is fully engaged in recovery efforts.

General Robert Abrams, Commander of U.S. Forces Korea and Combined Forces Command, said at a CSIS-hosted online seminar that while there is a possibility of North Korea unveiling new weapons, "we are not currently seeing any signs of provocations of any kind." He added that North Korea is currently focused on responding to COVID-19 and is also concentrating on recovering from recent typhoon damage. There is also a forecast that North Korea will avoid unnecessarily provoking the U.S. ahead of the American presidential election.

At the plenary meeting of the Party Central Committee held at the end of last year, Chairman Kim stated, "Soon, not far off, you will witness new strategic weapons that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea will possess."

Experts believe that North Korea may unveil new weapons such as solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) during the Workers' Party 75th anniversary military parade. The U.S. think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) recently claimed that activities suggesting preparations for a test launch of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) were detected at the Sinpo Shipyard in South Hamgyong Province, North Korea.

North Korea has unveiled major strategic weapons on every Workers' Party founding anniversary. In 2010, on the 65th anniversary, it held a large-scale military parade and revealed the mobile intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) "Musudan." On the 70th anniversary in 2015, it publicly displayed the upgraded intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) "KN-08 (Hwasong-13)" for the first time.

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