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South Korea faces growing headwinds at home and abroad

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SOUTH KOREA

Professing fury at the exercises, Pyongyang insulted South Korean President Moon Jae-in and says it will no longer talk to Seoul. The South Korean and Japanese foreign ministers…

Turkish-US talks may limit Armenian genocide damage

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TURKEY/US

Erdogan adopted a relatively conciliatory tone and stopped short of declaring retaliatory measures, for fear of the economic consequences in particular, despite the fact that most…

Guaido foreign tour may not bring success in Venezuela

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VENEZUELA

Guaido’s trip brought strong reaffirmations of support for his interim presidency, but no clear advance of strategy to displace President Nicolas Maduro. Although he was met by…

Cambodia's Hun Sen will tighten political grip

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CAMBODIA

Cambodian government's response to international and domestic pressure.

Pope's visit to Turkey will ease relations

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TURKEY/VATICAN

Although Turks' response to the outrage in Paris on January 7 has been mixed, with some Islamist newspapers and their readers justifying it as revenge for insults to the Prophet…

US-North Korea dialogue may outlast sunken summit

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US/NORTH KOREA

Trump cited “tremendous anger and open hostility” in recent statements from North Korea as the reason. US allies were apparently not consulted over Trump’s intention to cancel…

New Philippines foreign policy may be destabilising

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PHILIPPINES

Liu was speaking to a Philippines delegation, an illustration of the Duterte administration's initial efforts to forge a new foreign policy and to repair ties with China.

Qatar-Saudi deal will fall short of full Gulf unity

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GULF STATES

The declaration ends the 43-month boycott of Qatar by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt. Saudi Arabia has reopened its land border and airspace to…

Erdogan provocation scores at home but not with Athens

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GREECE/TURKEY

The two nations have maintained a correct but tense relationship for nearly a century, only narrowly avoiding hostilities following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974 and…

Prospects for North Korea in 2020

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PROSPECTS 2020

Prospects for North Korea in 2020.