Kim Chong-in, head of the emergency committee of South Korea’s main opposition People Power Party (PPP), said on Nov. 24 that South Korea may need to consider acquiring nuclear weapons if the North refuses to give up its own. Kim has focused on broadening the PPP’s reach since being named leader this past June; this was the first time he has gone on record with what could be taken as a hardline stance on national security. – The Hankyoreh Photo: YouTube