"Pyongyang might be waiting out the U.S. presidential election to see what its provocations can buy it with the next administration," said Leif-Eric Easley, professor of international studies at Ewha Womans University in Seoul.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/world/north-korea-to-launch-new-satellites-build-drones-as-it-warns-war-inevitable1

So North Korea could make a case that it’s a double standard,” Park Won-gon, Ewha Womans University Professor of North Korea Studies, told ABC News.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/International/north-korea-launches-cruise-missiles-submarine-ahead-us/story?id=97814703