North Korea goes even more nuclear | The Global Story

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un has announced plans to expand the country's nuclear arsenal at 'an exponential rate', according to state media reports.

His announcement comes as China's president, Xi Jinping, is making his first visit to Pyongyang this week since 2019 – the same year Donald Trump met Kim Jong Un several times for failed talks on denuclearisation.

We speak to the BBC's Celia Hatton about why China might now be trying to keep North Korea in check.

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00:00 Introduction 01:13 The changing ways North Korea is portrayed 02:51 China's 'big brother' relationship with North Korea 06:13 North Korea's path to nuclear weapons and why they wanted one 09:27 Donald Trump's attempts to engage North Korea 14:05 Kim Jong Un's relationship with Vladimir Putin 17:07 China's anxieties around North Korea and the wider region 20:03 How Russia have impacted China's relationship with North Korea 21:25 Why Donald Trump has changed track on North Korea's nuclear programme