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August 28, 2015

North and South Korea: A 'New Normal'?
Seoul (AFP) Aug 27, 2015
Of the many adjectives used to describe the singular nature of North and South Korean relations, "normal" is one that rarely, if ever, crops up. The complex, volatile and sometimes quite surreal geopolitics of the divided Korean peninsula are very far from ordinary, subject to wild mood swings between two countries that have technically been at war for the past 60 years. But judging what is or is not normal in the inter-Korean context looks set to become an issue of significant diplomatic import ... read more

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