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February 12, 2013

Accept It: North Korea Is a Nuclear Power

Andrei Lankov, Foreign Policy

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Any hopes that the first year of the young North Korean dictator's reign would signal a departure from his father Kim Jong Il's hardline policies have been dashed. The boyish looking (and, indeed, seriously young -- probably 29 years old) Kim Jong Un has so far proved himself to be a loyal son, following in his father's footsteps, while at the same time delivering results his father could only dream about.

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TAGGED: Nuclear Weapons, North Korea

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