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Wilson Smart Take: North Korea’s Missile Launch

March 24, 20222:08

Sue Mi Terry, Director of the Wilson Center's Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy, comments on why Kim Jong-Un launched an intercontinental ballistic missile now and how the world will respond.

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Sue Mi Terry

Sue Mi Terry

Former Director of the Asia Program and the Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy

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Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy

The Center for Korean History and Public Policy was established in 2015 with the generous support of the Hyundai Motor Company and the Korea Foundation to provide a coherent, long-term platform for improving historical understanding of Korea and informing the public policy debate on the Korean peninsula in the United States and beyond. Read more

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