North Korea has confirmed plans to restart its main nuclear facility in Yongbyon, which some analysts perceive as an attempt to obtain concessions from the United States and other nations and expedite North Korea’s removal from the state-sponsored terrorism list.
Donald Kirk of The Christian Science Monitor speaks with Martin Savidge about North Korea’s motivations given the upcoming U.S. elections. Kirk discusses South Korea’s response to its neighbor’s nuclear invigoration and relations between the two countries.
Worldfocus’s previous interview with Kirk on the matter can be found here.
Leon Sigal, an expert on North Korea and nuclear disarmament issues, estimates that North Korea has about half a dozen nuclear weapons that might pose a threat to nearby countries and could effectively begin producing nuclear weapons within three months.
Worldfocus’s previous interview with Sigal on the matter can be found here.
