North Korea Warns ‘US Threats’ May Force Pyongyang to Resume Nuke and Long-Range Missile Tests

North Korea unilaterally suspended testing of nuclear weapons and long-range missiles in 2018 amid warming relations with Seoul and Washington under Donald Trump, who established a personal rapport with Kim Jong-un. DPRK-US ties began to cool after Pyongyang rejected unilateral disarmament in 2019, and have soured further under Joe Biden.