What's behind North Korea's long range missile launch? - December 13, 2012




The Current from CBC Radio (Highlights) show

Summary: We're staying high in the sky to try to assess what that satellite launch in North Korea says about its new leader. One year after inheriting power, Kim Jong Un has shown some national scientific prowess to a wary world, burnished his image with publicity photos and Facebook posts even while closing the border to China and keeping his own people locked in a cycle of repression and hunger. Can the son and grandson of dictators be anything but? We look at Kim Jong Un.