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North Korea Admits to Nuclear Weapons

North Korea announced that it possesses nuclear weapons and will withdraw indefinitely from six-party proliferation talks. NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with NPR's Mike Shuster about the country's claim.

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Alex Chadwick
For more than 30 years, Alex Chadwick has been bringing the world to NPR listeners as an NPR News producer, program host and currently senior correspondent. He's reported from every continent except Antarctica.
Mike Shuster is an award-winning diplomatic correspondent and roving foreign correspondent for NPR News. He is based at NPR West, in Culver City, CA. When not traveling outside the U.S., Shuster covers issues of nuclear non-proliferation and weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, and the Pacific Rim.
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