Photo / KNCAAfter years of relative harmony on the Korean peninsula, experts have warned that an alarming new North Korean crisis could be looming in 2021. As a result, the world is facing a perfect storm of circumstances that could culminate in a new North Korean conflict. "The US and its allies and the UN impose sanctions but at the same time North Korea behaves very provocatively. "If South Korea makes peace somehow, the US will have very little leverage to denuclearise North Korea," he explained. "Ultimately, North Korea can ignore South Korea, and if South Korea really wants this to happen they might be tempted to make more concessions than would be advisable."

Source: New Zealand Herald February 14, 2021 17:39 UTC