With all the big issues dominating this week’s meeting of leaders of the world’s biggest economies war, famine, poverty, to name just a few there’s been little public discussion of North Korea and its pursuit of nuclear-armed missiles
With all the big issues dominating this week’s meeting of leaders of the world’s biggest economies, there’s been little public discussion of North Korea and its pursuit of nuclear-armed missiles.
weapons against south korea. north korea has been continuing with its nuclear programme. we know that it has been refining some of its missiles to make that it is preparing to test a nuclear weapon for the first time in five years. we can speak to sung yoon lee, professor of korean studies at the fletcher school, tufts university in massachusetts. thanks very much forjoining us. as we heard from our correspondent in seoul, north korea has warned of the most horrible price in history. how seriously do you think we should take that threat? take that threat? north korea is arone to take that threat? north korea is prone to high-profile, take that threat? north korea is prone to high-profile, very - take that threat? north korea is i prone to high-profile, very strong prone to high profile, very strong rhetorical backed up by evidence. and such is the way of this culture
to africa, suggesting that north korea has multiple customers for north korea s weapons. the tenacious north korea s weapons. the tenacious north korea s weapons. the tenacious north korea shares with. why not just ship them into russia? the fact that russia is doing this suggests that russia is doing this suggests that north korea is in breach of the security council resolutions. i that north korea is in breach of the security council resolutions.- security council resolutions. i want to ask ou security council resolutions. i want to ask you professor, security council resolutions. i want to ask you professor, two - security council resolutions. i want | to ask you professor, two questions that you ve probably been asked a lot. what is pyongyang s objective and why now? lot. what is pyongyang s ob ective and why mi lot. what is pyongyang s ob ective and why nowafi lot. what is pyongyang s ob ective and why now? well, if you were to ask kim jong-un and why now? well, if you were t
over a state of hungry people? he would say it s his mission and north korean constitution states that it is the so supreme national task. one doesn t assume that north korea has been absorbed by the state across the border. north korea needs to incorporate one find a for territory of the people of south korea. this is a very serious supreme national past. professor sung-yoon supreme national past. professor sung-yoon lee. supreme national past. professor sung-yoon lee, thank supreme national past. professor sung-yoon lee, thank you - supreme national past. professor sung-yoon lee, thank you very i supreme national past. professor- sung-yoon lee, thank you very much sung yoon lee, thank you very much forjoining us from massachusetts. poland has confirmed it will build a fence on its border with the russian exclave of kaliningrad. the government says it is trying to prevent what it fears could be another migrant crisis similar to what happened at its border with belarus, last