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The article uses "great power" as a synonym for 'buys lots of weapons' or more charitably "has a strong army". By these definitions, North Korea is a "great power".

Not true. You've mistaken "huge army" for "strong army". The DPRK military is huge (in terms of manpower). It is, nonetheless, not remotely capable enough to qualify as "great power".




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