January 07, 2016

Kim Jong Un's motives: North Korea nuclear test

By Patrick M. Cronin


On CNN, Patrick Cronin, Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program, discusses Kim Jong Un's possible motives for conducting a nuclear test, which North Korea claims was an H-bomb.

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