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Politics of North Korea

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How to ‘vote’ in North Korea

Elections

North Koreans get to “vote” this weekend. Here’s how their elections work.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in this undated photo released on May 9, 2018, by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang. The same day, North Korea released three American prisoners, pavin

What Trump’s Iran decision means for North Korean nuclear talks

Global Politics

Top of the Hour: Kim Jong-un Consolidates Power in North Korea, Morning Headlines

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