Aidan Foster-Carter is honorary senior research fellow in sociology and modern Korea at Leeds University in the U.K.
What are North and South Korea playing at, exactly?
Escalatory actions are driven by poor leadership on both sides

A section of the road and rail links with South Korea is blasted to completely block the links off, according to North Korea's state media, at an undisclosed location along North Korea's southern border area Oct. 15, 2024, in this photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency. © Reuters
Aidan Foster-Carter is honorary senior research fellow in sociology and modern Korea at Leeds University in the U.K.
What are North and South Korea playing at, exactly?