The DSR Daily Brief - February 16, 2023: South Korea calls North Korea an enemy, Rwanda accuses the DRC of an attack, and the Philippines and US to hold largest war game since 2015

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Chris Cotnoir

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🗓️ 16 February 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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The two hundred thirty-eighth episode of the DSR Daily Brief. Stories Cited in the Episode: South Korea brands North Korea an enemy state Rwanda accuses DR Congo soldiers of attack on border army post Philippines and US to hold biggest war games in years Nigeria's naira shortage: President Buhari extends use of old notes World Bank chief to leave by July Ruling Taliban display rare division in public over bans China imposes sanctions on Lockheed Martin, Raytheon over Taiwan arms sales English police say they foiled an 'eggs-travagent' plot to steal Cadbury chocolates Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:42.2	It's February 16th, 2023, and this is your DSR Daily Brief.
0:57.2	I'm Grant Haver.
0:58.6	I'm Chris Cotmore.
1:00.2	Our top stories from international outlets this morning.
1:03.9	Deutschewella is reporting that South Korea has released a paper describing North Korea
1:10.3	as its enemy for the first time in several years.
1:15.2	A biennial study by South Korean experts reported an increase in Pyongyang's stockpile of
1:22.4	weapons-grade uranium and its increasing arsenal of missiles.
1:28.0	The report said that North Korea has continued reprocessing spent fuel from its reactor and
1:34.8	now has some 70 kilograms of weapons-grade plutonium.
1:40.5	That figure is up from 50 kilograms in a previous report from 2022, it said.
1:47.4	The paper went on to say that the North had violated a 2018 Inter-Korean military
1:53.4	pact that bans hostilities on 15 occasions in last year alone.
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