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North Korea has been flexing its nuclear power, launching several ballistic missile tests in recent months. This past weekend, the country conducted its most powerful nuclear test to date, detonating a device that caused 

the equivalent of a 6.3-magnitude earthquake.


President Trump on Twitter has said "talking is not the answer" when it comes to dealing with North Korea. So what options do the international community have, and what might the future hold?

, director of the International Fellows and Scholars program at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs, and 

, assistant professor of Korean studies at Tufts University's Fletcher School, about responding to an increasingly aggressive North Korea. 


"The reality is, there's 15,000 nuclear weapons in the world, and most of them are owned by the United States or Russia," Gray said. "One nuclear weapon, five nuclear weapons, does not give North Korea the ability to do much. It gives them the ability to get attention and maybe deter regime change."

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North Korea has been flexing its nuclear power in recent months. How can, or should, the international community respond?

North Korea has been increasingly aggressive in the last few months, launching several ballistic missile tests. Over the weekend they launched their most powerful nuclear test yet. President Trump says "talking is not the answer" when it comes to North Korea. So what options does the international community have when it comes to dealing with North Korea? MPR News host Tom Weber spoke with two Asia experts to find out.

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