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North Korea's nuclear weekend
There were wins and losses this weekend for Kim Jong-un. The missiles displayed in a massive parade in Pyongyang were reportedly "jaw-dropping" -- if they were real, but the failed missile launch was an embarrassment, and the nuclear test some people predicted never happened.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readThere were wins and losses this weekend for Kim Jong-un. The missiles displayed in a massive parade in Pyongyang were reportedly "jaw-dropping" -- if they were real, but the failed missile launch was an embarrassment, and the nuclear test some people predicted never happened. In South Korea, Vice President Pence repeated the implicit threat that the US has lost its "strategic patience." But, what's to be done? The Trump Administration is faced with familiar alternatives: war, diplomacy, cyber-action… or doing nothing at all.
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Luke Vander Ploeg
Producer, 'To the Point'
Evan George
Director of Content, News
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
Ralph Cossa
Pacific Forum CSIS
Mike Chinoy
USC US-China Institute
Alexandra Bell
Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
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