CNN: N. Korean Defector Says Kim Jong Un Is Planning a Major Push for Nuclear Weapons

MALVEAUX: "A former North Korean diplomat says Kim Jong-Un is racing to get nuclear weapons by the end of 2017 and plans to accomplish that goal at any cost. CNN's Saima Mohsin has more from Seoul." 
MOHSIN: "Suzanne, this information is coming from one of the highest ranking diplomatic defectors from North to South Korea in history. Thae Yong-ho was Pyongyang’s deputy ambassador to London. That means he is a man in the know. He has information that many analysts suspected but few could actually confirm. Now, he was speaking to South Korean media here in Seoul for the first time he made his escape saying what you just said about North Korea’s nuclear development."