CommentIsolated North Korea struggles to throw off Chinese yoke
Pyongyang eager to conduct nuclear test but risks offending Beijing
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping stroll in the premises of the Kumsusan guest house in Pyongyang in June 2019. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP).
HIROSHI MINEGISHI, Nikkei senior staff writer
November 23, 2022 09:31 JST
TOKYO -- The results of the U.S. midterm elections on Nov. 8 have significant ramifications for North Korea's nuclear arms and missiles programs. They will affect, in one way or another, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's effort to fulfill his weapons ambitions.