North Korea has warned it will launch a “pre-emptive and offensive nuclear strike” in response to joint US-South Korean military exercises.
The war games, which began on Monday, are part of an annual test of defences against North Korea.
Government leaders in Seoul said they will be the largest ever – after the North launched a long-range rocket and conducted another nuclear bomb test.
The UN Security Council last week voted to impose its toughest sanctions against North Korea in two decades.
North Korea dismissed them and warned of “merciless” steps in response.
Do sanctions deter North Korea’s ambitions? And can diplomacy work?
Presenter: Mike Hanna
Guests:
Richard Hu – Professor of political science at the University of Hong Kong
Robert Manning – Senior Fellow with the Brent Scowcroft Center on International at the Atlantic Council
Byoung-Joo Kim – Adjunct Professor at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
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