Kim Jong-Un and the North Korean regime present one of the most grave and deadly threats on the face of the earth today. Their fervent attitude of ensuring authoritarian rule and maintaining a strong hold over their economically deprived nation has plunged the country into ruin, as their people are forced to live in abject poverty.
It is this phenomenon that illustrates just how dangerous the North Korean government truly is. The fact that they are willing to have the people living in atrocious conditions all towards the aim of maintaining power is indicative of the dangerous acts they are willing to undertake in order to continue their reign. At the front of all of this, of course, is Kim Jong-Un, a sadistic dictator with access to weapons of mass destruction.
This is what makes the country such an existential threat; the country has the ability to cause enormous amounts of damage all under the complete control of perhaps the most estranged world leader in the world. The combination of these elements presents a real threat to all the countries of the world, and in particular, to the democracies of the world which the North Korean regime opposes.
According to the Arms Control Association, as of January of 2020, North Korea has approximately 30 to 40 nuclear warheads (North Korea and their Nuclear Arsenal). In addition, according to the BBC, the North Koreans have missiles that could potentially put all of the continental United States within striking distance of a nuclear warhead (Nuclear Program of the North Korean Government). Thus, it is clear that regardless of the fact that North Korea is one of the poorest countries in the world with a crippled economy and virtually no human rights, the North Korean government is still developing military technologies and capabilities to potentially wage wars on countries much more militarily superior; this further testifies to the fact that the North Korean regime are a deranged coalition with their ideologies being brought down from their even more deranged leader.
Works Cited
Check, Reality. North Korea: What we know about its missile and nuclear programme. 4 October 2021. Website. 11 December 2021.
Sang-Hun, Choe. North Korea’s Arsenal Has Grown Rapidly. Here’s What’s in It. 18 October 2021. Website. 11 December 2021.