China insists US holds the key to North Korea puzzle
Beijing and Washington have each insisted that the North Korean nuclear problem is the other's hot potato to deal with.
Kirsty Needham is China Correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age
Beijing and Washington have each insisted that the North Korean nuclear problem is the other's hot potato to deal with.
North Korea's state newspaper has hinted that the failure of its missile on Sunday could have been caused by a United States special operation.
Speculation had been rife that Donald Trump's administration would intercept a missile to show that it was prepared to finally solve the North Korea problem. In the end, there was no need.
President Xi Jinping has urged his US counterpart Donald Trump to seek a 'peaceful solution' on the Korean peninsula.
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Academic argues that bans targeting women will increase insecurity and lack of trust, making it harder to create social cohesion in the restive region.
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