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January 03, 2025

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With Trump gone, Kim Jong Un will realize that he bet on the wrong horse

The North Korean leader spent a lot of time wooing a U.S. president that’s about to be replaced by hardliner Joe Biden

The following article is a column by Dennis Halpin, a former foreign service officer and senior Congressional staff and current consultant on Asian issues. Views expressed in opinion articles and columns are exclusively the author’s own and do not represent those of NK News.


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