164 North Korea Part Thirteen, How North Korea Got Nukes

from The Weird History Podcast · host Joe Streckert

Even as its citizens starved, Kim Jong Il was able to assure that North Korea was able to obtain nuclear weapons. He did this by raising revenue with criminal activity, prioritizing the military above all else, bribing a Pakistani nuclear scientist, and reverse-engineering Scud missiles.

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