North Korea's growing nuclear and missile capabilities are already an existential threat to South Korea and Japan. Shortly after assuming power in late 2011, Kim Jong-un directed the creation of a new war plan to complete an invasion of South Korea within a week using nuclear weapons and missiles. In March 2017, Kim Jong-un observed a missile exercise practicing a nuclear attack on U.S. bases in Japan.Soon, North Korea will be able to directly threaten the continental United States. Kim Jong-un has asserted that the regime has "reached the final stage of preparations to test-launch an inter…READ FULL ARTICLE