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Dennis P. Halpin
Dennis P. Halpin, a former Foreign Service Officer and senior Congressional staff, is a consultant on Asian issues.
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Opinion ‘Fire and fury’ in the Middle East: how the Iran crisis could impact North KoreaThe drone strike that killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani on January 3 has likely shaken up Pyongyang's leadership ![]() Views expressed in Opinion articles are exclusively the authors’ own and do not represent the views of NK News. The three meetings between President Trump and Kim Jong Un -- Singapore, Hanoi, and, most recently in the DMZ -- have made it easy to dismiss the very bumpy beginnings of North Korean diplomacy in the first year of the Trump administration. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |