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November 23, 2024
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Why North Korea’s recent escalation of tensions was a long time coming

Pyongyang has long resented Seoul's failure to live up to its grandiose promises

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On the afternoon of June 16, the sound of a massive explosion announced to the world that North Korea had triumphantly demolished the inter-Korean liaison office in Kaesong.

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