Pyongyang will become poorer but better armed

Two key political meetings in January were billed as a fresh start, but merely rehashed time-worn themes

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  • Long Congress, long speech
  • New title, no purges
  • Old wine, older bottles
  • New weapons: testing times?
  • Biden time?

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