How did North Korea get the bomb?
Exploring how a poor and isolated country has acquired nuclear weapons.
Tensions between the US and North Korea are running high. Kim Jong-Un has been testing long-range missiles and nuclear weapons. The Trump administration wants Pyongyang to end its nuclear weapons programmes and has said 鈥渁ll of our options are on the table鈥� in pursuit of that goal. North Korea has said that a "super mighty pre-emptive strike鈥� is planned if the US uses military force against them. But 鈥� our question this week 鈥� how did this poor and isolated country develop nuclear weapons in the first place?
Presenter: Ruth Alexander
Producers: Kate Lamble, Phoebe Keane and Estelle Doyle
(Photo: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets scientists and technicians in the field of researches into nuclear weapons. Credit: Reuters)
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A rare glimpse into a North Korean nuclear plant
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'Why North Korea is pitch black at night'
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- Thu 4 May 2017 01:06GMT大象传媒 World Service except News Internet
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