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North Korea Tests Nuclear Weapons

North Korea has conducted underground nuclear tests, frustrating allies. The tests included detonation of an atomic bomb and test firings of missiles.

David Kang, director of the Korean Studies Institute at the University of Southern California and co-author of Nuclear North Korea, has ideas about what's behind the country's show of strength.

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