James Robbins, US News and World Report: North Korea Hasn't Gone Away
The Trump administration needs a strategy to deal with the Hermit Kingdom, sooner rather than later.
How long can the world tolerate a country that goes out of its way to present itself as a threat?
North Korea's dictator, Kim Jong Un, welcomed the new year with a declaration that his military was on the verge of testing an intercontinental ballistic missile—one which presumably could reach anywhere in the world.
The Obama administration had no particular response to the statement except to reiterate that "the intelligence community has previously said that the United States has not seen North Korea test or demonstrate the ability to miniaturize a nuclear weapon and put it on an ICBM" and that this assessment has not changed. President-elect Donald Trump's reaction was more definitive, saying via Twitter, "North Korea just stated that it is in the final stages of developing a nuclear weapon capable of reaching parts of the U.S. It won't happen!"
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Analysis: What Will Trump Do About North Korea’s Kim Jong Un? -- Bill Neely, NBC
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