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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: North Korea Says Nuclear War on the Peninsula Is Inevitable and an 'Established Fact' [Watch (HLS stream): North Korea Says Nuclear War on the Peninsula Is Inevitable and an 'Established Fact'](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/QyvmSxBk.m3u8) (1:40)  _Published 2017-12-07. North Korea says a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula has become a matter of when, not if, as it continued to lash out at a massive joint military exercise between the United States and South Korean involving hundreds of advanced warplanes._ --- Jul 27, 2023 11:06 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Satellite Photos Show North Korea Continues Nuclear Program](/video/c0HLxu4Y/) ### Satellite Photos Show North Korea Continues Nuclear Program [White House Responds to North Korea Nuclear Test](/video/BttZVKG5/) ### White House Responds to North Korea Nuclear Test [South Korea's Moon Jae-In Says There Will Not be Another War on the Korean Peninsula](/video/yXfq2WgN/) ### South Korea's Moon Jae-In Says There Will Not be Another War on the Korean Peninsula --- ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] We don't think. He has an understanding about how tenuous his position is. Domestically and internationally. That is those around him are not feeding him the truth about the place that he finds himself, how precarious his position is in the world today. It's probably not easy to tell Kim Jong- un bad news. 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