North Korea ratchets up tensions with missile launches

Factal Forecast

Editors Jimmy Lovaas and Vivian Wang discuss North Korea's recent provocations, plus more on Bolivia’s political crisis, the Greek and Turkish foreign ministers meeting, and elections in Somaliland and Sri Lanka.
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This episode includes work from Factal editors Vivian Wang, Irene Villora, Awais Ahmad, Owen Bonertz and Hua Hsieh. Produced and edited by Jimmy Lovaas. Music courtesy of Andrew Gospe.

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1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. North Korean military activity - interview with Factal editor Vivian Wang (00:00:44)

3. Bolivia president issues government report amid political crisis (00:04:39)

4. Greek, Turkish foreign ministers to meet (00:05:57)

5. Somaliland presidential election (00:06:48)

6. Sri Lanka general election (00:08:07)

7. Credits (00:09:31)