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- Wednesday 5 July 2017 10:05PM (view full episode)
Image: People watch a television broadcast reporting the North Korean missile launch at the Seoul Railway Station on July 4, 2017 in Seoul ((Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)) Link to larger image.
Every missile crisis brings a new twist in how the media, pundits and politicians view what exactly is happening inside North Korea. The latest crisis is no different.
On July 4 Kim Jong-un’s North Korea fired a new missile. If it’s an intercontinental ballistic missile, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, it would be a major escalation of nuclear security in Northeast Asia.