The Heat: Exploring DPRK nuclear actions

The Heat

The United Nations Security Council voted earlier this month to apply new sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) over the country’s recent nuclear tests and satellite launch.

China and the United States were two of the 15 member Council states to unanimously approve the measures.

CCTV’s Han Peng reports from Beijing.

The Heat interviewed the a panel of experts about current nuclear situation on the peninsula:

  • Yang Xiyu, a senior fellow at the China Institute of International Studies who has played an important role in the now-stalled six-party talks.
  • Christopher Hill, the career diplomat and the former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea who led the U.S. delegation to the six-party talks.
  • Yonho Kim, a senior researcher with the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University.
  • Amitav Acharya, a professor of international relations at American University.