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South Korea's prospects matter to our region

It is this whole-of-country response that makes South Korea so formidable.

Kim Jong Un leaves South Korean leader’s peace legacy in ruins

When North and South Korea opened their first liaison office, President Moon Jae-in declared a “new era has dawned.” This week, Kim Jong Un showed him how little had changed when he reduced the US$15 million building to rubble.

North Korea blows up South Korea liaison office, Seoul says

North Korea destroyed an inter-Korean liaison office on its side of the border Tuesday, South Korea said, shortly after threatening military action in the region over anti-Pyongyang leaflets sent into its territory.

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Kim Jong Un may be hiding a hog apocalypse from the world

(Oct 13): By official accounts, the pig contagion wreaking havoc across Eastern Asia has virtually skipped over North Korea, with a single outbreak reported there in May. But wayward feral pigs have stoked concern that Kim Jong Un’s reclusive state is h

Geopolitics

North Korea fires sub-based missile after resuming US talks

(Oct 2): North Korea fired what appeared to be a submarine-based ballistic missile off its eastern coast Wednesday in an escalation that came just hours after saying it would resume stalled nuclear talks with the US.

Geopolitics

US' economic blockades not unlike an act of war

(July 8): US President Donald Trump has based his foreign policy on a series of harsh economic blockades, each designed to frighten, coerce and even starve the target country into submitting to US demands. While the practice is less violent than a militar

Global Economy

US' economic blockades not unlike an act of war

SINGAPORE (July 8): US President Donald Trump has based his foreign policy on a series of harsh economic blockades, each designed to frighten, coerce and even starve the target country into submitting to US demands. While the practice is less violent than

Iran to sign friendship agreement with Asean, Singapore says

SINGAPORE (July 20): Iran will sign a cooperation treaty with Southeast Asia at an upcoming meeting that will also be attended by US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and North Korean officials, a Singaporean diplomat said.

North Korea's Kim enjoys Singapore sites on eve of historic summit with Trump

SINGAPORE (June 11): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who rarely ventures outside his isolated country, visited tourist sites on Singapore's waterfront on Monday, hours before a historic summit with US President Donald Trump.
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