Fresh Air, Nicholas Kristof

Nicholas Kristof, editorial columnist for The New York Times in this archival edition of Fresh Air. He discusses the North Korea crisis. He has covered North and South Korea off and on since 1986. He's served as the Times bureau chief in Hong Kong, Beijing and Tokyo. He was co-recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for his coverage of the Chinese crackdown on protesters at Tiananmen Square. In a column which appeared in the Times on February 4, 2003, he wrote, "The North Korean nuclear crisis is far more perilous than many people realize." (Original Broadcast Date: February 13, 2003)