Don Oberdorfer

Chairman, US-Korea Institute

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Chairman of the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University; former diplomatic correspondent for the Washington Post

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For the second time in the past 50 years, the leaders of North and South Korea met today in Pyongyang.

Korean Leaders Meet in Historic Summit

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Three weeks after North Korea conducted its first atomic explosion, a diplomatic surprise today announced by the US and China.

North Korea Agrees to Rejoin Nuclear Talks

Three weeks after North Korea conducted its first atomic explosion, a diplomatic surprise today announced by the US and China.

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