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February 5, 2020

North Korea is an “illegal nuclear power,” IAEA chief insists

Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with NK News about North Korea’s continued building up of its nuclear weapons program.

“With each passing day, North Korea is advancing its nuclear program,” Alexandra Bell, Senior Policy Director at the Center for Arms Control & Non-Proliferation, told NK News. Bell is a former senior advisor in the State Department’s Office of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. “That means with each passing day, rolling it back becomes that much harder,” she said. Read more

Posted in: Asia, Center in the News, North Korea, Press & In the News on North Korea, Press Room

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