Visitors to Imjingak Pavilion in Paju, South Korea at the border of North Korea and South Korea on Jan. 1, 2018.
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The Trump administration shelved its plans for a ‘bloody nose’ attack while the Olympics in South Korea were under way. With the games over, it’s time to consider the consequences of a strike.
Come together: South Korea’s president and first lady (front) with North Korea’s head of state and Kim Jong-un’s sister.
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North Korea clearly understands that going straight into high-level negotiations isn’t always the way to make a breakthrough.
Malcolm Turnbull will be relieved to have some time away from the Barnaby Joyce affair when he arrives in Washington this week.
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When he meets the US president this week, the prime minister will talk about the North Korean nuclear threat, the rise of China, and the rebranded Trans-Pacific Partnership.
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Donald Trump doesn’t have one foreign policy – he has several, and they all clash.
Money is a crucial target for North Korea’s hacking efforts.
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North Korea’s cyber army is closely controlled by the ruling regime – a key difference from other countries’ cyberattack and espionage groups.
North Korean cheerleaders support the South Korean men’s ice hockey team in PyeongChang.
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Sometimes diplomacy won the day, sometimes it didn’t.
Members of a North Korean delegation cheer while holding the unified Korea flag at the pairs figure skating free program at the Pyeonchang Winter Olympics on Feb. 15, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea.
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The International Olympic Committee has banished dopers from the Winter Games. Shame it hasn’t treated North Korea, a noted human rights violator, with the same resolve.
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Parasites are not only a personal health problem – they are political too.
China and South Korea will need to learn from other refugee emergencies by making three key policy decisions.
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To avoid another refugee ‘crisis’ that would take the world by surprise, East Asia would do well to be prepared for an influx of people from North Korea.
Marching in unity, for now.
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Teams from both countries marched into opening ceremony under the unified Korea flag.
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Kim Jong-un’s favourite act won hearts and minds when they performed on day one of the Winter Olympics.
Korea’s fielding of a unified Olympic team is an intriguing narrative of sport, international diplomacy and gender equality.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in is pushing for a thawing of the relationship between the Koreas through events such as the Winter Olympics.
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The mistrust between the two Koreas is so deep that there are more sceptics than enthusiasts over North Korea’s involvement in the Winter Olympics.
The Olympic Truce Mural in the athletes’ village in Pyeongchang shows just how infused the Games are with politics.
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In these Olympics more than most, there is less global attention on the medal count than on who will win the politics.
South Korea’s goalie Shin So-jung reacts after giving up a goal to Switzerland in the first game played by the combined Koreas women’s hockey team the 2018 Winter Olympics. Korea lost its opening game 8-0.
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The joint South Korean-North Korean women’s Olympic hockey team has angered fans of the game and raised concerns about athlete morale. But the media spotlight is actually good for the game.
North Korean women’s ice hockey players.
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North and South Korea explained in five questions and answers.
The IOC has adopted the dove as an official Olympic symbol.
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History shows Olympic Games have only very limited ability to promote peace between warring nations.
Unification flags hang on a military fence near the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, South Korea.
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Whichever way you cut it, a US first strike against North Korea would almost certainly trigger major war on the Korean peninsula, with a high risk of escalation to full-scale nuclear conflict.
China is increasingly viewed by the United States as a full-spectrum adversary.
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The contestation of Asia will continue this year, with many countries facing internal and external battles.
The Junkyard Band.
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In 1985 The Junkyard Band shifted the paradigm by challenging Reaganomics. Many of those same key issues still rage on today, across the world.