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North Korea has publicly admitted that it has nuclear weapons. But beyond the country’s escalating nuclear brinkmanship with the U.S., very little else is known about its closed society.
A new book by Asia-based foreign correspondent Bradley Martin peels away some of the layers shielding the country. “Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty” chronicles the methods of indoctrinating children, the brutality of the gulags, and the peccadilloes of North Korea’s rulers.
Hear a conversation about North Korea’s nuclear weapons and everyday life in the self-isolated, hard-line Communist state.
Guests:
Gordon Fairclough, Seoul correspondent for The Wall Street Journal
Bradley K. Martin, author of “Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty”
David Sanger, White House correspondent for The New York Times
Ambassador Donald Gregg, President and Chairman of the Korea Society, former Ambassador to Korea.
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