IPFS News Link • Korea/North Korea
North Korean Defector Tells Lester Holt 'World Should Be Ready'
• nbcnews.com by Lester Holt and Alexander SmithThae Yong Ho is the most high profile North Korean defector in two decades, meaning he is able to give a rare insight into the secretive, authoritarian regime.
According to Thae, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is "desperate in maintaining his rule by relying on his [development of] nuclear weapons and ICBM." He was using an acronym for intercontinental ballistic missiles — a long range rocket that in theory would be capable of hitting the U.S.