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Fears of a nuclear arms race in Asia after Trump’s North Korea comments

11 min • 24 januari 2025

In his first week back in the White House, Donald Trump has said North Korea is a ‘nuclear power’ and described its leader Kim Jong-un as a ‘very smart guy’. The Times’ Asia Editor Richard Lloyd Parry explains why that has sparked fears of nuclear proliferation in South Korea, and whether the US president can get the deal with Pyongyang which eluded him in his first term.


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