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Opinion: Korean Peninsula 2021 – positive but with storm clouds

27th June 2018 - 02:00 GMT | by The Geobukseon in Indo-Pacific

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July 2021 – It is now three years since the Singapore Summit between US President Donald Trump and the North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un. It has been a whirlwind of follow-on meetings, negotiations, deals, denuclearisation, reconstruction and a stable, peaceful transition – way beyond anything that the Vegas odds-makers and political pundits in the salons of Washington, Beijing, Seoul and other world capitals predicted.

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