North Korean state media confirmed that the country successfully tested last week what it calls “super-large multiple rocket launchers.” This is Pyongyang’s 12th weapons test this year, which seems to indicate that its leader has decided to abandon the diplomacy route and rely solely on hard power. Host Marco Werman speaks with Sung-Yoon Lee, a professor of Korean Studies at Tufts University.
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