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Doctor Margaret Kosal, an associate professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Institute of Technology, agreed that the situation appeared quite typical to those who had long studied North Korea.

“They pursue a provocative action with a dramatic show of escalatory rhetoric, and then they back down. It’s a well-established pattern,” Kosal told Sputnik.

The expert stressed that Pyongyang’s actions should not be discarded despite the repetitive nature, “because of the potential implications for millions of people living in the region if there is a miscalculation.”

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