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By Hyung-Jin Kim & Kim Tong-Hyung / The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea—During more than a decade as North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un has made “self-reliance” his governing lynchpin, shunning international help and striving instead for domestic strategies to fix his battered economy. But as an illness suspected to…

SEOUL--During more than a decade as North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un has made “self-reliance” his governing lynchpin, shunning international help and striving instead for domestic strategies to fix his battered economy.

At a massive outbreak of suspected COVID-19 has left North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a critical crossroads: Does he swallow his pride and accept international help or does he go it alone even though a huge number of fatalities could undermine his leadership?

During more than a decade as North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un has made “self-reliance” his governing lynchpin, shunning international help and striving instead for domestic strategies to fix his battered economy. But as an illness suspected to be COVID-19 sickens hundreds of thousands of his people, Kim stands at a critical crossroad: Either swallow…

Dalton is the co-director and a senior fellow of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment. An expert on nonproliferation and nuclear energy, his work addresses regional security challenges and the evolution of the global nuclear order.

Chinese leader Xi Jinpings invitation to President Yoon Suk-yeol on the day of his inauguration reflects Beijings attempt to keep Seoul from getting closer to Washington amid an ever-intensifying U.S.-China rivalry. In an unprecedented move, Chinas Vice President Wang Qishan, the highest-level official sent by the Chinese government to Seoul on the occasion of Koreas leadership change, made the invitation public following his meeting with Yoon, Tuesday.

During his election campaign, South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol had tough words for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying he would teach his rival some manners and sternly deal with his provocative missile tests with a strengthened alliance with the United States.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — During his election campaign, South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol had tough words for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying he would teach his rival some manners and sternly deal with his provocative missile tests with a strengthened alliance with the United States.

During his election campaign, South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol had tough words for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying he would teach his rival some manners and sternly deal with his provocative missile tests with a strengthened alliance with the United States.

North Korea has a history of trying to rattle new governments in Seoul to gain leverage in future negotiations.