; (2) consistent with longstanding United States interests in attenuating strategic competition in Asia, to develop and deploy effective and reliable anti-ballistic missile capabilities to defend the United States homeland, United States forces in the region, and United States allies Japan and South Korea; (3) to formulate and carry out military planning and operations impacting the Korean Peninsula in close cooperation with United States allies, particularly the Republic of Korea and Japan; (4) to deter North Korea in a manner that bolsters the force posture and military strength of our alliance and partner networks in the broader Asia-Pacific region; and (5) to maintain, as necessary and appropriate, credible and overwhelming military options against the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, consistent with efforts to deter the regime from use of nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, and related technology. (g) Human rights It is the policy of the United States— (1) to continue to make it a priority to improve information access in North Korea by exploring the use of new and emerging technologies and expanding nongovernmental radio broadcasting to North Korea, including news and information, to increase information dissemination in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ( DPRK ); (2) to commit to revisit and explore new opportunities for coordinating efforts to plan for humanitarian needs in the DPRK; (3) to press for access for the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the DPRK and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; (4) to continue to seek cooperation from foreign governments to allow the United States to process North Korean refugees overseas for United States resettlement; (5) to urge China to halt forcible repatriation of North Koreans; (6) to promote democracy, human rights, and a market economy in North Korea