How the U.S. Quietly Accepted a Nuclear North Korea: The Disappearance of a Once-Inevitable Conflict

How the U.S. Quietly Accepted a Nuclear North Korea: The Disappearance of a Once-Inevitable Conflict

United States, who slipped into a coma in early 2018 and regained consciousness in 2025, one of your first questions might well be: Whatever happened with North Korea? When you last remembered, it felt like the United States was teetering on the edge of nuclear war with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). What became of the threats, the missile tests, the bluster from Washington and Pyongyang alike?