North Korea biding its time before seventh nuclear test

TOPSHOT - Television screens show a news report about the latest North Korean missile launch with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at an electronic market in Seoul on November 3, 2022. - North Korea fired one long-range and two short-range ballistic missiles on November 3, Seoul's military said, with one prompting warnings for residents of a South Korean island and people in parts of northern Japan to seek shelter. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)

Television screens show a news report about the latest North Korean missile launch on Nov 3, 2022.

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Chang May Choon

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SEOUL - Amid

a barrage of missiles fired by North Korea in the last couple of days,

the question is: Why did the regime not conduct its much talked about seventh nuclear test?

South Korea’s National Intelligence Service had earlier predicted that Pyongyang might do so between Oct 16 and Nov 7, with the earlier date marking the start of China’s national party congress and the other, the United States midterm elections.

North Korea biding its time before seventh nuclear test

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