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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guides on the spot the underwater test-fire of strategic submarine ballistic missile in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on April 24, 2016. KCNA/via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. SOUTH KOREA OUT.           TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY      - RTX2BDTM
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On the missile crisis in East Asia

Jonathan D. Pollack

Jonathan D. Pollack, the Interim SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies in the Center for East Asia Policy Studies and senior fellow in the John L. Thornton China Center, dives into the controversy surrounding U.S. deployment of  THAAD anti-missile systems to South Korea in light of increasing North Korean missile tests, prompting outrage from the Chinese government.

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