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Congress disappoints hopes for change in North Korea

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NORTH KOREA

Developments in North Korean politics and foreign policy following the Party Congress.

Multilateral development banks pivot to private sector

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INTERNATIONAL

Encouraging more private sector participation in infrastructure development.

Kim health rumours highlight underrated risk factor

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NORTH KOREA

The threat to North Korea's political stability were supreme leader Kim Jong-un to die.

North Korea will gain from diplomatic momentum

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NORTH KOREA

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited China during January 7-10. He spent his 35th birthday in Beijing and met Chinese President Xi Jinping for the fourth time in ten months…

Pyongyang will become poorer but better armed

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NORTH KOREA

Supreme leader Kim Jong-un’s nine-hour Party speech was unyielding on all fronts. A new Five-Year Plan is to be achieved by increasing state control and self-reliance. The United…

Xi visit may revive North Korea nuclear diplomacy

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NORTH KOREA

North Korea's foreign relations.

Disunity on North Korea will dissipate nuclear fallout

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NORTH KOREA

Separately, North Korean state media announced today the arrest of a US tourist for an unspecified "hostile act".

Multilateralism risks will rise amid World Bank change

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INTERNATIONAL

Kim's departure creates unforeseen turbulence at the institution, whose corporate commitments around climate change, gender and renewable energy are anathema to the current US…

Prospects for North Korea in 2019

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PROSPECTS 2019

Prospects for North Korea in 2019.

World Bank may shift global financing model for LICs

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INTERNATIONAL

The comments come as the World Bank is pressing donors to provide at least 65 billion dollars for the International Development Association (IDA), the Bank's financing arm for…