Siegfried Hecker on the New Russia-DPRK Relationship and Nuclear Cooperation

Following Kim Jong Un's visit to Russia, Distinguished Fellow Joel Wit and Dr. Siegfried Hecker discuss changes in Russia-DPRK relations as their nuclear ties deepen

This article was originally published on 38 North.

On Sunday, Kim Jong Un returned triumphantly from a tour of Russia’s Far East. That trip has almost certainly set the stage for dangerous changes in Northeast Asia.

Joel Wit, a Distinguished Fellow at the Henry L. Stimson Center, engaged Siegfried Hecker, former director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, co-author of Hinge Points: An Inside Look at North Korea’s Nuclear Program, and frequent contributor to 38 North, to look deeper into what should concern the United States about increased nuclear cooperation between Russia and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea).

Read the full interview on 38 North.

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