North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has called for South Korea to be designated the North’s ‘principal enemy’.
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Freedom-based unification is a provocative approach that is unlikely to elicit a positive response from the North Korean leadership.
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Russia is increasingly trying to find common cause with the Global South, including countries that matter to the West, such as Vietnam.
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Street art in Edinburgh depicting Donald Trump, Boris Johnson and Kim Jong un as babies playing with toys.
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A new documentary pokes fun at the regime and it’s leader, but are there risks to laughing at North Korea?
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The two countries watch each other’s policy shifts very carefully and respond accordingly.
People walking on the street in Pyongyang, North Korea, August 2012.
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A survey shows the impact foreign media is having on North Korea’s residents, despite the government’s harsh crackdown
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The Arch of Reunification has been destroyed – reversing decades of government policy targeting eventual reunification with the South.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on a screen at the Seoul Railway Station on Aug. 24, 2023.
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Amid signs of growing domestic disquiet over his repressive regime, North Korea’s leader is trying to deflect scrutiny by upping war rhetoric.
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, Kim Jong Un and his daughter visit a factory that produces rocket launchers.
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Kim Jong-un is continuing to release statements about a possible military conflict with South Korea.
Kim Jong-un with his daughter, Kim Ju-ae.
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North Korea’s succession is secretive and complicated. But it appears that Kim Jong-un’s young daughter is being groomed to take over on her father’s death.
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Russia can offer advanced military and satellite technology know-how to the North – as well as the promise of a future economic partner.
Brothers in arms: Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at a military parade in Pyongyang in July.
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Despite the UN sanctions against North Korea, Russia is apparently trading weapons and technology which could help Pyongyang’s missile programme.
While North Koreans starve, dictator Kim Jong-un launches missiles.
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After three years of isolation under a strict COVID lockdown, North Korea could face another terrible famine.
South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol is only the second leader to travel to the U.S. for a state visit during the Biden administration.
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The ‘Washington Declaration’ unveiled during the state visit by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol gives Seoul a greater role in coordinating a nuclear response strategy.
Running a few bilateral ideas up the flagpole.
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The meeting is just the second US state visit during the Biden administration. It comes as Washington and Seoul face common concerns.
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People who get too close to the seat of power in North Korea, including the Supreme Leader’s relatives, have a way of ending up dead.
The 2018 Pyongyang Joint Declaration, signed between then South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, may be suspended over North Korean missile testing.
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North Korea’s provocative regime of missile testing has prompted the South to designate it as an enemy.
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Sanctions are clearly not deterring North Korea’s nuclear ambitions. But alternative strategies have huge risks, too.
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While there is still risk associated with any escalation of tension on the Korean Peninsula, this is far from uncharted territory.
Kim Jong Un remains focused on reunifying Korea – on his terms.
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A recent barrage of nuclear-capable missile tests and a change in law setting out the conditions for a nuclear strike show that North Korea’s leader is intent on reunification on his terms.