The world in 2017
by Los Angeles Times
Dec 24, 2017
2 minutes
After launching its third intercontinental ballistic missile of the year, North Korea declared that it had achieved its long-held goal of becoming a full nuclear power. Its provocative actions throughout the year sharply raised the stakes of its rivalry with the United States, a dispute compounded by a series of taunts and insults between President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un. Kim called Trump a "dotard," while
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