AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoChina–North Korea diplomacy: Xi Jinping’s rare Pyongyang visit is being framed as a major boost for Kim Jong Un’s leverage, with analysts saying Pyongyang is increasingly treated as a strategic actor rather than a dependent partner. Nuclear arms backdrop: A new ICAN report says U.S. nuclear weapons spending in 2025 ($69.2B) topped all other nuclear-armed states combined, as global nuclear spending hit a record $119B. Inter-Korean tensions in court: South Korea’s Seoul Central District Court sentenced ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years for ordering military drone flights over Pyongyang in Oct. 2024, ruling the mission was meant to provoke North Korea and create a pretext for his failed Dec. 2024 martial law bid; co-defendants also received long terms. Public mood in the South: A survey of South Koreans aged 19–39 found nearly half view North Korea as hostile, with far fewer seeing it as a cooperation partner.
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