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December 24, 2024

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As Kim and Trump meet in Hanoi, can the DPRK and Vietnam restore historic ties?

Once close friends, history and attitudes towards reform have seen the two drift apart

If Korea had a twin country, it would probably be Vietnam.

To start with, both countries are of a roughly similar size (220,000 sq.km for both Koreas and 310,000 sq.km for Vietnam) and have a similar population (76 million for both Koreas, 96 million for Vietnam).

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