Persuade

Last week the American president flew to Singapore to sit down with the leader of North Korea . . for the first time in history.

North Korea is behind the rest of the world in almost every way. Its people live in fear, under coercion, often starving, some desperate and brave enough to try to escape. Meanwhile their leader races to develop nuclear weapons so he can threaten the world.

Americans hope things can change. The president's first, urgent goal is to persuade the dictator to give up his nuclear swagger. One element of the persuasion campaign is this video:



(cont'd tomorrow)