The Intelligence: Kim Jong Un’s fighting talk
Economist Podcasts11 Maalis 2024

The Intelligence: Kim Jong Un’s fighting talk

As the hermit kingdom is getting ever cosier with Russia, it is becoming bolder in its provocations of conflict with the south. Growing risks of escalation threaten not just the region, but the world. The victims of the war in Ukraine are not just its people, but its animals too (09:48). And why the world is getting bigger (15:57).


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