[해외자료] North Korea’s Efforts to Attain De Facto Nuclear Weapon State Status and ROK-US Response Strategy

...toward those milestones. To effectively counter North Korea’s strategic ambitions, it is imperative for the ROK (Republic of Korea)- US alliance to maintain a unified stance on the objective of North Korea’s denuclearization and to ensure the credible implementation of extended deterrence commitments in response to the security threats posed by North Korea’s nuclear capabilities.