experts who have been watching north korea and just a few days ago the former deputy ambassador had defected to south korea spoke here in seoul saying that kim jong-un is determined to forge ahead with his nuclear development program by the end of 2017 and no amount of money will be able to stop him. he had also said that kim jong-un is timing this development in nuclear technology with president donald trump moving into the white house because he believes that washington, d.c.'s hands will be tied. they won't be able to take any kind of action against the north. kim jong-un talked about doing more nuclear tests in the coming year. of course, in 2016 two nuclear tests was carried out. the fifth and largest nuclear test north korea has ever turned out which resulted in more sanctions with the support of