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Aug. 30, 2017 | 12:07 AM

Is North Korea winning deterrence war with U.S.?

File - In this file image made from video of an Aug. 14, 2017, broadcast in a news bulletin by North Korea's KRT, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un receives a military briefing in Pyongyang. Conventional wisdom says that if North Korea were ever to use its nuclear weapons, it would be an act of suicide. (KRT via AP Video)

Eric Talmadge| Associated Press

A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on August 30, 2017, on page 10.

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