As the World Looked Elsewhere, North Korea Got More Dangerous

WSJ What’s News

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🗓️ 14 March 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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A.M. Edition for March 14. With the war in Ukraine and other crises occupying global attention, Kim Jong Un has enlarged his nuclear arsenal and deepened diplomatic connections with China and Russia. WSJ Korea bureau chief Timothy Martin says the heightened threat posed by North Korea was palpable during U.S.-South Korea military exercises that concluded today. Plus, fresh warning signs for the EV market as startup Fisker looks into a possible bankruptcy. And rising immigration reverses population declines in American cities. Luke Vargas hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Did you know you can listen to this show ad free on Amazon Music included with your Prime membership?
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0:12.8	Rising immigration reverses population declines in American cities.
0:21.3	Plus fresh warning signs for the EV market as startup Fisker looks
0:26.4	into a possible bankruptcy. And while the world was focused elsewhere, North Korea leveled up.
0:33.2	Pyongyang has dramatically advanced its regional weaponry.
0:36.6	They've made them nuclear capable, and that's a menace for Seoul, Tokyo, and all the American
0:41.3	soldiers in the region.
0:43.0	It's Thursday, March 14th.
0:45.2	I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal,
0:47.2	and here is the AM edition of What's News?
0:50.0	The top headlines and business stories
0:51.9	moving your world today.
0:56.0	Accelerating immigration has boosted the population in the 50 largest metro areas in the U.S.
1:02.1	amid a 15 percent increase in net arrivals from abroad last year.
1:07.0	That is according to new census figures and journal estimates that immigration reporter
1:11.4	Michelle Hackman says paint a complex picture
1:14.4	about the state of American cities after COVID.
1:17.5	So the latest census data shows us that a lot of the trends we saw during the
1:21.9	pandemic are starting to reverse. A lot of the trends we saw during the pandemic are starting to reverse.
1:24.0	A lot of what we saw were people newly mobile because they were remote working,
1:28.4	moving from big cities to smaller cities,
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