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North Korea sanctions usher in new era of tension

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NORTH KOREA

This signalled defiance of UN Security Council Resolution 2270, passed unanimously on March 2, which condemns Pyongyang's nuclear test on January 6 and its satellite launch (using…

Inter-Korean thaw may prove more lasting than in past

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NORTH KOREA

Inter-Korean cooperation after the Panmunjom Declaration.

Summit will rebalance power dynamics around Koreas

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NORTH KOREA

Yesterday, South Korea's presidential office added another, claiming Pyongyang would invite global media next month to witness the closing of its Punggye-ri nuclear test site…

Pyongyang’s Beijing and Moscow ties will be complex

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NORTH KOREA/CHINA/RUSSIA

The PoE has since 2009 reported regularly on North Korea’s violations of UN Security Council (UNSC) sanctions. Beijing and Moscow are resisting an ineffective UN sanctions…

North Korean weapons testing is just a matter of time

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NORTH KOREA

Also today, South Korea’s defence ministry confirmed that joint military exercises with US forces will go ahead next month. A new summit between US President Donald Trump and Kim…

China's think tanks and universities set for shakeup

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CHINA

Reforms of China's think tanks and universities.

Mine attack may seek to break inter-Korea impasse

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KOREAS

In language more typical of Pyongyang, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff on August 10 promised a "pitiless penalty" for what is the first inter-Korean bloodshed since 2010. The…

Prospects for North Korea in 2019

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PROSPECTS 2019

Prospects for North Korea in 2019.

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".

Risk of North Korea war will grow if trends continue

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NORTH KOREA

North Korea the same day pledged a “decisive act of justice” to avenge “a hundred thousand-fold” the “heinous crime” of UN Security Council (UNSC) sanctions approved unanimously…