How U.S. Intelligence Agencies Underestimated North Korea (Published 2018)Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, with the Hwasong-15 missile in a photo released by the government news agency in November.Credit...Korean Central News Agency WASHINGTON — At the start of Donald Trump’s presidency, American intelligence agencies told the new administration that while North Korea had built the bomb, there was still ample time — upward of four years — to slow or stop its develo
