Considers surrounding North Korea with this (6)
I believe the answer is:
thinks
'considers' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to thinking as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'surrounding north korea with this' is the wordplay.
'surrounding' is an insertion indicator.
'north' becomes 'N' (abbreviation).
'korea' becomes 'k' (this could be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'n'+'k'='nk'
'nk' put into 'this' is 'THINKS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for thinks that I've seen before include "Reflects, cogitates" , "Exercises the mind" , "Ponders" , "Believes" .)