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Are North Korea's latest threats rhetorical or real?
Asia-Pacific

Are North Korea's latest threats rhetorical or real?

The new year has seen a more belligerent Kim Jong Un than ever — changing the constitution, firing off missiles, even tearing down monuments

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Asia-Pacific

America's best path for fighting Putinism goes through Beijing

Sino-Russian ties are on the rocks, and the West needs all the help it can get.

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Asia-Pacific

North Korea's isolation is its greatest liability

The country’s population of 25 million unvaccinated people offers COVID an extraordinary opportunity not only to spread but also to mutate.

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Asia-Pacific

New president will bring South Korea deeper into US embrace

The conservative Yoon Suk-yeol will take a harder line on North Korea and China. This might be harder — and more dangerous — than it sounds.

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Asia-Pacific

The problem of sanctions against North Korea

Economic sanctions have demonstrably failed to change North Korean behavior. So, when is the world going to try something new?