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Outreach could bring economic rewards to North Korea

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NORTH KOREA

The outlook for North Korea's economy.

Japan will become a more formidable military power

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JAPAN

Two changes have attracted particular attention: a massive increase in defence spending and the acquisition of 'counterstrike' capability -- the ability to hit enemy launch sites…

Pyongyang party plenum presages provocations

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NORTH KOREA

North Korea-US relations.

Biden-Moon summit indicates a new realism in Seoul

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SOUTH KOREA

The first was Japan’s prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, in April. While this priority sends a clear signal to Beijing, in each case there was also a substantial bilateral and…

Regime change in Pyongyang cannot be ruled out

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NORTH KOREA

Yet events beyond its borders mean that if the regime does not change its direction strains can only increase. Modern media, impossible to exclude entirely, mean Pyongyang no…

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…