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Wang Son-taek
Wang Son-taek is a research associate at Yeosijae (Future Consensus Institute) and a former diplomatic correspondent for South Korea's YTN news network.
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Opinion What to expect from North Korea’s brinksmanship diplomacy going forwardThe disastrous Hanoi summit likely pushed the DPRK into taking a more hardline position North Korea this weekend showed off its unique brand of brinksmanship diplomacy before and after the first round of reopened working-level negotiations in Stockholm, Sweden. They launched an SLBM (submarine-launched ballistic missile) just two days before the meeting. And the chief of the North Korean delegation delivered a ready-made commentary within just half an hour of the negotiations coming to an end. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |