Under Kim Jong Un, North Korea has advanced its ballistic missile and nuclear weapon technology at an unprecedented rate. “They’re on a new binge of reaching out to American scholars and ex-officials,” said Klingner, who declined the North Korean invitation. [ North Korea threatens to shoot down U.S. warplanes]Everyday, North Koreans are told that the Americans are "imperialists" and North Korean children are taught that "cunning American wolves" want to kill them. “North Korea wants to be recognized as a nuclear-weapons state,” Jimbo said. This is what I kept asking the North Koreans: How much is enough?”Read more:U.S. families got fake orders to leave South KoreaChina watches in frustration as North Korea crisis enters dangerous spiralWhat is North Korea trying to hit?

Source: Washington Post September 26, 2017 15:48 UTC