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    Assessing the threat of North Korea after its ICBM launch

    North Korea calls yesterday's launch of its first intercontinental ballistic missile a "glistening miracle." Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says it's a "new escalation of the threat to the United States." President Trump has tweeted, "So much for China working with us — but we had to give it a try."

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    By Warren Olney • Jul 5, 2017 • 1 min read

    North Korea calls yesterday's launch of its first intercontinental ballistic missile a "glistening miracle." Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says it's a "new escalation of the threat to the United States." President Trump has tweeted, "So much for China working with us — but we had to give it a try." Sung-Yoon Lee, professor of Korean studies at Tufts University, says the president shouldn't really be surprised since China has very different strategic interests than the US.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Luke Vander Ploeg

      Producer, 'To the Point'

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      Sung-Yoon Lee

      Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Hamburg, Germany braces for the G-20 Summit
    1. 1:27Assessing the threat of North Korea after its ICBM launchYou’re reading this
    2. 8:03'America First'…and the rest of the world
    3. 42:19Florida addiction treatment centers scam addicts for insurance
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