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Why Nuclear Weapons Are So Important to North Korea

NEW YORK, June 13, 2019 — Anna Fifield, author of a new book on Kim Jong Un, explains why the mercurial leader is so intent on maintaining North Korea's nuclear weapons program in spite of immense international pressure to relinquish it. (4 min., 25 sec.)

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