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Why North Korean prosperity would be the ruin of Kim Jong Un

  • Written by Thomas Adam, Professor of Transnational History, University of Texas Arlington
An employee watches a bank of TV's broadcasting a news report on a Hanoi summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, in Seoul, South Korea, Feb. 28, 2019.Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji

Vietnam seemed like the perfect place for Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un to meet in late February for their latest summit...

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