Pyongyang

North Korean missiles

This week, North Korea test fired more than half a dozen short and medium range missiles. One of those missiles could've reached the west coast of the United States had it not failed. Talks and sanctions about North Korea's nuclear program haven't yielded much in past years. A history professor at UAB who studied and lived in Asia tells WBHM's Steve Chiotakis that what complicates diplomacy is the history of bad blood between North Korea and its neighbors.