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North Korea will halt nuclear and missile tests

What’s behind North Korea’s decision to suspend nuclear tests?

04/18/2018

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North Korea will halt nuclear and missile tests

Clip: 4/18/2018 | 3m 54sVideo has Closed Captions

What’s behind North Korea’s decision to suspend nuclear tests?

In a surprise move, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday announced that he would immediately suspend nuclear and long-range missile tests, though it's not the first time the isolated country has made those pronouncements. Jean Lee, director of the Korea program at the Wilson Center and a former Pyongyang bureau chief for the Associated Press, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss.

04/18/2018

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