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White House howling over Putin-Kim Jong Un hug rings hollow
Europe

White House howling over Putin-Kim Jong Un hug rings hollow

What did Biden expect after pressuring South Korea to transfer weapons to Ukraine?

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Asia-Pacific

Absent a real strategy, US sends nuclear-powered submarine to S. Korea

A policy of sticks and more sticks is what brought things to their current state, so we shouldn’t expect to get different results now.

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Asia-Pacific

What the Biden-Yoon summit left out

Nuclear saber rattling hasn't changed North Korea's behavior in the past and it likely won't now.

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Asia-Pacific

A supermajority of South Koreans want nukes: polls

Seoul has long promised it wouldn’t pursue nuclear weapons, but public opinion threatens to change that.

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Media

Dear media: How many nuclear bombs does Iran have?

A survey of English language news finds it mentions Tehran's non-existent nukes more than actual North Korean or Israeli arsenals.

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Asia-Pacific

When Jimmy Carter went to North Korea

Ever the peacemaker, he met with Kim Il Sung in 1994 and helped freeze Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program for over a decade.