So was it a hydrogen bomb or not? The answer, for the reasons elegantly laid out by Asia expert Sean King, may be largely irrelevant. But that doesn’t mean North Korea’s latest nuclear test isn’t revelatory.
Almost four years into Kim Jong-un’s reign, the contours of his domestic policy are becoming apparent. Forget bread–North Korea’s food situation remains precarious. Kim is instead offering his people nukes and circuses.
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