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US hopes to keep nuclear-armed Pyongyang quiet as it tackles more pressing problems
Dictator references 1990s famine as aid agencies express fears over a humanitarian disaster
Kim Jong Un resorting to military provocations to prove Pyongyang’s relevance, warn analysts
Missiles launched as Washington struggles to engage with Pyongyang
Antony Blinken stresses the US is ‘committed to the denuclearisation of North Korea’
Comments come as US secretary of state Antony Blinken arrives in region for talks
Leader Kim Jong Un’s ideology of self-reliance risks causing food shortages and economic collapse
South Korea questions efficacy of sanctions meant to inhibit Pyongyang’s nuclear programme
Shady overseas operations critical to raising cash for Pyongyang have been curtailed by sanctions
NK leader demands high price from Seoul and Washington to resume negotiations, analysts say
North Korea raises tensions with incoming US administration of Joe Biden
Uncertainty over US engagement and China’s ambitions spark defence spending boost
Dictator has demonstrated preference for state control over market reforms
Satellite images show economic crisis is delaying North Korean leader’s vanity projects
Experts press for radical approach under Joe Biden as complete denuclearisation demands ‘quixotic’
Supreme leader speeds up centralisation of power as Covid and sanctions halt growth
Fears rise that problems at home will distract new president from flashpoints in North Korea and Taiwan
Rights group outlines systemic abuses as Seoul and Washington seek denuclearisation
Defection is an embarrassment for Kim Jong Un who has tried to tighten grip on foreign service
Beijing will ensure North Korea has continued access to food and fuel, analysts say
Sanctions targeted at Kim Jong Un’s nuclear weapons block funding for NGOs in country
Seoul insists that defector who swam back across the border was not carrying coronavirus
Decision by dictator is first time North Korea has signalled pandemic has reached the country
De-escalation of tension comes after a series of North Korean provocations
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