# North Korea's nuclear gamble pays off, with the WSJ's Jonathan Cheng

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Podcast: [GZERO World with Ian Bremmer](https://stenobird.com/podcast/gzero-world-with-ian-bremmer-403744)
Published: 2026-04-18T12:00:00+00:00
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The Kim dynasty has outlasted every threat for 80 years. Wall Street Journal's Jonathan Cheng explains how, and why the Iran war just made Kim Jong Un seem untouchable.

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