North Korea – desperate for leverage

North Korea has taken a step back from rapprochement with South Korea, blowing up a joint liaison office in the demilitarized zone between the countries. It had allowed constant communication between the two sides for the first time since the start of the 1950-53 Korean War. The two countries have one million troops stationed on either side of the border.
North Korea has been irritated by the flow of anti-Pyongyang leaflets sent over the border on drones and in balloons by defectors. Though ana