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Will Increasing Tensions with North Korea Get Out of Control?
The US has been matching North Korea’s threats of nuclear warfare with shows of force to reassure allies including Japan and South Korea.
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenThe US has been matching North Korea’s threats of nuclear warfare with shows of force to reassure allies including Japan and South Korea. Is there a chance of going too far? We’ll hear about changing strategy in a region where increased tensions could get out of control.
Also, 77 artifacts are about to go on sale in Paris—despite the fact that they’re stil sacred to Hopi tribes. Why can’t Native Americans retrieve their icons from overseas the way Greece and Italy have won back objects created by ancient cultures?
Banner Photo: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un presides over an urgent operation meeting on the Korean People's Army Strategic Rocket Force's performance of duty for firepower strike at the Supreme Command in Pyongyang, early March 29, 2013, in this picture released by the North's official KCNA news agency on Friday. The sign on the left reads, "Strategic force's plan to hit the mainland of the U.S.". REUTERS/KCNA
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