The last time the western world was really focused on the koreas was when president trump went to meet kim jong un. Since then, they've been committed to expending and modernizing their nuclear missile programme. Of course, you know that kim jungan still values nuco weapons as critical for regim survival. It's a military asset. It's an insurance policy. They've been no non stop working on the programme. The united states and south cre are accusing north cre of testing a powerful new long range missil system. Washington says it is a serious exculation, but we do not pay attention because we were engaged in this russia ukrane crisis.
With its neighbor distracted by domestic culture wars, North Korea is making new moves.
This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Noel King.
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