COVER STORY
How Dangerous is North Korea?
Their dictator is pushing the world toward a showdown over his nuclear-weapons program

Star of His Own Show
Kim Jong Il's sense of drama is always on display

Viewpoint
Better Start Talking—and Fast!

Table of Contents
The complete list of stories from the Jan. 13 issue of TIME magazine

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Measuring the Threat
North Korea
could hit the
U.S. by 2015
From Rod to Bomb
How North Korea
could build
nuclear weapons
Countdown to Crisis
A look back at
the path to
today's standoff

Should North Korea be forced to freeze their nuclear program?

Yes
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The Dying State 
TIME Asia's look at life in North Korea
11/4/2002
Who has the Bomb? 
The nuclear threat is spreading
6/03/1985
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FROM THE JAN 13, 2003 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED SUNDAY, JAN 5, 2003
PHOTOGRAPHS BY REUTERS (Rocket); KOREAN NEWS SERVICE/AFP (Military Parade);
VLADIMIR SAYAPIN/ITAR-TASS/AP (Kim Jong Il)

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