There is little good will from North Korea this Christmas. An escalation in weapons tests and bitter rhetoric against the US has heightened fears that nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington are past the point of no return. On the Korean peninsula, 2020 could literally start with a bang.
The most recent tests, at its long-range launch site – of a suspected rocket engine – suggest that Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, may be ready to break his self-imposed moratorium on testing intercontinental ballistic missiles that could potentially reach the continental US.
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After an historic summit between Kim and Donald Trump, the US president, and the promise of progress in 2018, talks this…
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