Barbara Demick and Evan Osnos on North Korea.
The Political Scene | The New Yorker
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🗓️ 12 April 2013
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Barbara Demick and Evan Osnos on North Korea.
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| 1:10.2 | This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker |
| 1:13.3 | writers and editors about politics. It's Thursday, April 11th. I'm Dorothy Wickenden, |
| 1:18.3 | executive editor of The New Yorker. In the past few months, North Korea has done the following. |
| 1:23.2 | It's tested a nuclear weapon, withdrawn from the 1953 Korean armistice, |
| 1:28.2 | and threatened a preemptive nuclear strike against the U.S. |
| 1:31.4 | It now appears to be preparing to test missiles with a range of over 2,000 miles. |
| 1:35.9 | The Obama administration's playing down the threat, but also paying close attention. |
| 1:40.2 | Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said yesterday, |
| 1:42.3 | North Korea has been with its bellicose rhetoric, with its actions, |
| 1:48.4 | skating very close to a dangerous line. |
| 1:50.8 | Our country is fully prepared to deal with any contingency, any action that North Korea may take or any provocation. |
| 2:01.6 | Evan Osnose and Barbademic, both based in Beijing, are with me today to discuss the crisis, |
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