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Western tourism on the rise, says N Korea

Pyongyang claims nuclear progress prompts growing interest

Anti-war activists hold placards showing a US soldier aiming a rifle during a protest against a joint military exercise between South Korea and the US, called Key Resolve, near the US embassy in Seoul on March 11 2013. South Korean and US troops launched a joint military exercise on March 11, as an infuriated North Korea severed its hotline with Seoul and confirmed its decision to scrap the armistice ending the Korean War. ©AFP Mar 11, 2013

South Korea and US begin military drills

Pyongyang cuts off communications in protest at exercises

Ingram Pinn illustration ©Ingram Pinn Gideon Rachman from COMMENT Mar 11, 2013

Prepare for endgame in North Korea

The US and China should pool ideas on the nuclear threat

Mar 10, 2013

China adjusts approach to North Korea

Debate grows over loosening ties to Pyongyang

Editorial from COMMENT Mar 8, 2013

The growing threat from North Korea

China needs to be persuaded to get Pyongyang to talk

Mar 8, 2013

N Korea steps up rhetoric over sanctions

Army halts routine communication checks with US forces

Mar 7, 2013

US urges China to enact N Korea sanctions

UN Security Council resolution restricts cargo movements

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and former NBA star Dennis Rodman watch North Korean and US players in an exhibition basketball game at an arena in Pyongyang ©AP Mar 6, 2013

North Korea mixes Dennis with menace

US basketball star’s visit fits in with Pyongyang’s need

Mar 5, 2013

US and China agree on N Korea sanctions

Measures underline frustration in Beijing with its ally

From COMMENT Feb 27, 2013

China should abandon North Korea

The best way is to take the initiative to facilitate unification with South Korea, says Deng Yuwen

Feb 25, 2013

Park pledges to reward ‘sweat’ of people

S Korean president promises fairer wealth distribution

From COMMENT Feb 19, 2013

North Korea is testing China’s patience

Pyongyang’s nuclear big bang has exposed the flaws in Beijing’s approach, writes Kurt Campbell

From COMMENT Feb 17, 2013

View from N Korea is of a nuclear world

Other violators have got away with it and become impregnable, writes Aidan Foster-Carter

David Pilling from COMMENT Feb 13, 2013

Grand deal with N Korea beats hollow talk

Sanctions have failed to stop the country developing nuclear weapons

From MULTIMEDIA Feb 12, 2013

North Korea’s missile tests

North Korea has conducted a third nuclear test ignoring pleas from its closest ally and putting it on a fresh collision course with the west over its atomic programme

Feb 12, 2013

Pyongyang raises stakes with third test

N Korea’s defiance puts pressure on China and west

Feb 12, 2013

Pyongyang presents test as self-defence

North Korea puts alliance with China under strain

Editorial from COMMENT Feb 12, 2013

China must halt North Korea’s folly

Xi must draw a line after latest nuclear test

Feb 12, 2013

World condemns N Korea nuclear test

UN Security Council to meet as China criticises Pyongyang

Feb 12, 2013

Q&A: North Korea’s nuclear progress

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