Kim has been perturbed by the bonhomie between the US, South Korea, and Japan. These countries held bi- and trilateral meetings at Camp David in August this year, as well as on the sidelines of the G7 and G20 meetings in Tokyo and Bali last year. Organisations like the Quad or AUKUS further complicate matters for him. The announcement of the meeting was made just before the G20 summit in New Delhi last week. Notably, North Korea was one of the few countries that opposed the UN Resolution against Russia in March 2022 at the G20 summit in Indonesia. The...