SEOUL - North Korea has greeted the last two US presidents with tests of missiles or nuclear bombs within weeks of taking office. And experts see the same happening with Mr Joe Biden, whom the regime has called"a rabid dog."
Ties now are poised to revert to the frostier days of the Obama administration, when the US deployed"strategic patience" to avoid rewarding North Korea for provocations - a policy that stayed in place after Mr Kim took power in 2011. North Korea tested Mr Obama with the launch of a long-range rocket and a nuclear device within months after he took power in 2009. Mr Trump was welcomed to the White House with a series of ballistic missile tests that culminated with the launch in November 2017 of an intercontinental ballistic missile that experts said could deliver a nuclear warhead to all of the the US.
North Korea sees its nuclear weapons as insurance against a US attack, and has vowed to maintain its deterrent no matter what. Mr Kim has repeatedly rejected the Trump administration's call for a"complete, verifiable and irreversible" dismantlement before Pyongyang can receive any rewards. Mr Kim is likely to give clues on how he'll approach the new Biden administration during an annual New Year's address - one of the biggest political speeches on the country's political calendar.
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