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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 may goad South Korea into limited conflict

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NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA

Pyongyang claims to have tested a new nuclear-capable underwater drone -- Seoul is sceptical -- and North Korea’s foreign minister has visited Moscow. South Korean President Yoon…

Murder may damage North Korea's foreign relations

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NORTH KOREA

The apparent assassination of supreme leader Kim Jong-un's half-brother.

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…

Kim's health is the worst of North Korea's many risks

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NORTH KOREA

No UN condemnation ensued. Separately, South Korean intelligence claims that supreme leader Kim Jong-un’s health has worsened again.

Abductions will impede Tokyo-Pyongyang ties

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NORTH KOREA/JAPAN

Any such rapprochement would be two-edged: suggesting a less acerbic Pyongyang, but also altering delicate alliance dynamics. Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reportedly did…

Rare admission reveals economic strain in North Korea

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NORTH KOREA

An already stretched and spartan economy has been hammered this year by anti-pandemic curbs which have hit trade, and now by severe flooding. Another typhoon is expected in coming…

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.

Purge in Pyongyang suggests Kim still not secure

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NORTH KOREA

North Korean politics.

North Korea Party Congress reaffirms Kim's rule

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NORTH KOREA

NORTH KOREA: Rare Party Congress reaffirms Kim's rule