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South Korea to US: Welcome to our world

9 years 2 months ago
The last 24 hours have seen a rapid ramping-up of the rhetoric coming out of the White House toward North Korea's rogue regime. "They will be met with fire, fury and frankly power the likes of which this world has never seen before," President Trump warned late Tuesday, just hours after reports surfaced that North Korea had developed a miniaturized nuclear warhead. The possibility of war on the Korean peninsula suddenly seemed much more real. I reached out to Elise Hu, NPR's Asia correspondent, who is based in Seoul for an on-the-ground perspective of the situation. (Make sure to check out her amazing "Elise Tries" video series here.) Our conversation, conducted via email and lightly edited for flow, is below.

North Korea threatens strike on Guam

9 years 2 months ago
North Korea's military is "examining the operational plan" to strike areas around Guam with medium-to-long-range strategic ballistic missiles, state-run news agency KCNA said early Wednesday local time.

'Fire and fury': Trump threatens North Korea to back down

9 years 2 months ago
North Korea has taken a major step forward in realizing its goal of becoming a nuclear power, according to a Washington Post report on a confidential US intelligence assessment that concludes Pyongyang has developed a nuclear warhead capable of fitting inside its missiles.
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