Anonymous Coward User ID: 73316049 Netherlands 04/09/2017 03:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | North Korean Defector Tells Lester Holt ‘World Should Be Ready’ Apr 3 2017, 7:01 am ET SEOUL, South Korea — A senior North Korean defector has told NBC News that the country's "desperate" dictator is prepared to use nuclear weapons to strike the United States and its allies. Thae Yong Ho is the most high profile North Korean defector in two decades, meaning he is able to give a rare insight into the secretive, authoritarian regime. According to Thae, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is "desperate in maintaining his rule by relying on his [development of] nuclear weapons and ICBM." He was using an acronym for intercontinental ballistic missiles — a long range rocket that in theory would be capable of hitting the U.S. More at: [ link to www.nbcnews.com] |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 73316049 Netherlands 04/09/2017 03:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: North Korean Defector Tells Lester Holt ‘World Should Be Ready’ "old news" but not really "old" |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 73064987 United States 04/09/2017 03:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: North Korean Defector Tells Lester Holt ‘World Should Be Ready’ I'm not asserting that N Korea doesn't suck, but I have seen a lot of these defectors and they quickly learn that the western press and governments give them a cookie every time they tell a sensational story and they get pushed aside when they don't. Human nature being what it is and their low economic status in a new host country they tend to one-up the prior story to get the benefits. They are pawns. |