As the country marks the 75th anniversary of the Workers' Party, is there any hope for engagement with the rest of the world - or are we seeing a return to past behaviour?
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CJR: Medical Mystery →
North Korea—where there have been no reported covid diagnoses, but lots of speculation about the leader’s health—is a particularly difficult story to cover.
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New York Times: North Korea Unveils What Appears to Be New ICBM During Military Parade →
Mr. Kim’s emotional apology was “a shrewd way of placing blame on circumstances beyond his control, and deflecting attention from the enormous resources poured into nuclear weapons,” Jean H. Lee, a North Korea expert at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, said in an email.
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Washington Post: ‘A Dear Leader approach’: Trump’s critics compare his shows of strength around coronavirus to authoritarian tactics →
Read MoreClearly, the North is taking more precautions than we are. That says more about us and our government and our response.
Washington Post: Trump’s dream of a Nobel Peace Prize kept alive by far-flung foreign allies →
“If anything, peace on the Korean Peninsula is even more elusive today, given the specter of a nuclear-emboldened North Korea,” said Jean Lee, director of the Korean Center at the Wilson Center.
Read MoreWall Street Journal: North Korea Loves Military Parades—Will Kim Jong Un Bring Out the Big Guns?
SEOUL—North Korea’s first military parade in two years is expected to feature throngs of spectators and plenty of propaganda, but the most closely watched element will be what, if any, new weapons leader Kim Jong Un puts on display for the world.
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