North Korea and South Korea

North Korea scores 22/100 toward South Korea (unfriendliness, pressure), while South Korea scores 48/100 back.

North Korea toward South Korea

North Korea warned South Korea over joint drills, denounced US-South Korea-Japan exercises as 'air espionage,' fired a missile barrage during US-South Korea drills, and vowed retaliation against perceived hostilities—indicating sustained hostile posture toward Seoul.

South Korea toward North Korea

South Korea is actively working to facilitate US-North Korea dialogue and budgeted for a possible North Korea thaw, but simultaneously conducted joint military drills with the US and Japan that Pyongyang condemned, reflecting a mixed cautious-engagement posture.

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