From the archive: Two minutes to midnight: did the US miss its chance to stop North Koreas nuclear programme?

Published: March 9, 2022, 5 a.m.

We are raiding the Audio Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2018: An unprecedented US mission to Pyongyang in 1999 promised to defuse Kim\u2019s nuclear threat. But it all came to nothing \u2013 and then the hawks took power. By Julian Borger. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod