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Havana Stuns Kim by Opening Ties with Seoul

Seoul moves to checkmate North’s influence in Latin America

Feb 18, 2024
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By: Shim Jae Hoon
Photo from Yonhap

It amounted to a staggering diplomatic blow. While North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been riding high on global headlines with his multiple missile firings in recent weeks, Cuba – probably his third most important global backer behind China and Russia – announced it was opening full diplomatic relations with South Kor…

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