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U.S. President Barack Obama steps out from Air Force One upon his arrival in Brussels June 4, 2014. Obama will attend the G7 meeting. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (BELGIUM – Tags: POLITICS)


Opinion: An Upmarket Jimmy Carter

Opinion: An Upmarket Jimmy Carter

Ever since the study of international politics began, commentators have compared the world order at any given time to an architectural structure designed by a leading power that acts as guarantor of its stability. Throughout history, different leading powers have...
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A handout picture made available by the South Korean Ministry of Unification shows South Korean chief delegate Kim Kyou-hyun (2-R) shaking hands with his North Korean counterpart Won Dong-yeon (3-R) before holding talks at the inter-Korean peace village Panmunjom, South Korea, 12 February 2014. (EPA)


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Head of the South Korean working-level delegation Lee Duk-haeng, right, shakes hands with his North Korean counterpart Park Yong Il after an agreement to allow families separated since the war between the two countries to reunite was signed at Tongilgak in the North Korean side of Panmunjom on Wednesday, February 5, 2014. (AP Photo/South Korean Unification Ministry)


Koreas agree to hold family reunions this month

Koreas agree to hold family reunions this month

Seoul, AP—The rival Koreas agreed Wednesday to hold their first reunions of Korean War-divided families in more than three years later this month, another small step forward in easing tensions that comes despite North Korea’s anger over upcoming US–South Korean...
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North Korean tanks pass through Kim Il-Sung square during a military parade marking the 60th anniversary of the Korean war armistice in Pyongyang on July 27, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/Ed Jones)


North Korean military parades through Pyongyang

North Korean military parades through Pyongyang

Pyongyang, AP—Goose-stepping soldiers, columns of tanks and a broad array of ominous-looking missiles poised on mobile launchers paraded through Pyongyang’s main square on Saturday in a painstakingly choreographed military pageant intended to strike fear into...
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South Korean protesters shout slogans during a rally demanding Korean Peninsula’s peaceful unification and denouncing North Korea’s nuclear test near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)