Bill Radke speaks with Seattle-based journalist and author Blaine Harden about the history of North Korea and the tensions between it and the U.S.
Why North Korea needs the U.S. as an enemy
![A North Korean soldier looks at the southern side through a pair of binoculars at the border village of Panmunjom, north of Seoul, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2003.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6331a6b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1499+0+0/resize/880x660!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkuow%2Ffiles%2F201701%2FAP_03022606107.jpg)
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Bill Radke speaks with Seattle-based journalist and author Blaine Harden about the history of North Korea and the tensions between it and the U.S.