Despite Seoul’s engagement efforts, the Kim regime continues to label South Korea as its number one enemy because hostility toward the South is essential both to counter the internal threat posed by K-culture and to strategically pressure a conciliatory South Korean government into concessions in the name of peace.

Explore why the U.S. must move beyond stalled denuclearization policy—and how a Second Reagan Doctrine brings the clarity needed to confront a nuclear North Korea and shape the post-Kim future.