Beijing and Pyongyang rapidly expanding arsenal of advanced rockets, designed to evade and destroy allied bases, is a problem for Tokyo, which has an exclusively defence security stance.
Kim Jong Un, who has attended less than a third of public events, has fuelled rumours that he is unwell. But it also underscores how little the world knows about North Korea.
Kim is facing difficulties on various fronts, with floods having ruined farmland, controversy over his succession, and nuclear discussions with the US having come to a halt.
Pyongyang’s leaders see giving up the weapons as political suicide, and Kim has adding to his stockpile of nuclear warheads & missiles after talks with the US President sputtered.
The person illegally returned to North Korea on 19 July across the demarcation line with South Korea, prompting govt to launch a probe into the military unit responsible.
Despite talks with US, China & South Korea, Kim still hasn’t achieved the sanctions relief he wanted in exchange for any offers to scale back North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
President Moon, who seeks both stronger human rights protections and a better relationship with North Korea, has often prioritised the latter over the former.
Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities.
In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.
The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.
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