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​North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a New Year's address in this January 1, 2015 photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang.

South Korea welcomes North Korea’s New Year’s Day offer to hold high level talks

Global Politics

North Korea’s Kim Jong-un used his New Year’s Day address to extend an olive branch to South Korea. In his televised message, Kim offered to hold high-level talks with the South — if certain conditions are met.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watches a display at a military air show with Air Force officers in May 2014.

Kim Jong-Un is back! Who cares?

Global Politics

American Sentenced in North Korea

Beneath the Rhetoric, Why North Korean Nuclear Threats Actually Pose a Problem for the US

Conflict & Justice
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