Nuclear North Korea

Analysis: N.Korea nuclear

Interview
04:51

Reuters TV

Oct. 9 - There's been international condemnation following North Korea's announcement that it conducted an underground nuclear test.

Pyongyang defied a warning from the U.N. Security Council and it now opens its crippled economy up to the risk of fresh sanctions.

Alex Neill, Head of Asia Security program at Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, discusses the effects its action has had on the rest of the international community and what message it sends to other potential nuclear states, especially Iran.

FEATURED SPEAKER:
Sasha Qadri, Reuters London
Alex Neill, Head of Asia Security Programme, RUSI

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