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Russia: N. Korea May Pose Larger Threat than Iraq

By Rob Gifford,
Jacki Lyden
Published February 9, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST
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Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov says North Korea is a potentially greater threat than Iraq. Meanwhile, a Japanese newspaper reports that the government has plans to mobilize its military in the face of a possible missile launch by Pyongyang. NPR's Jacki Lyden talks to NPR's Rob Gifford.

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Rob Gifford
Rob Gifford is the NPR foreign correspondent based in Shanghai.
Jacki Lyden
Longtime listeners recognize Jacki Lyden's voice from her frequent work as a substitute host on NPR. As a journalist who has been with NPR since 1979, Lyden regards herself first and foremost as a storyteller and looks for the distinctive human voice in a huge range of national and international stories.
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