reunification

North Korea ramps up military rhetoric as Kim gives up on reunification with South

North Korea ramps up military rhetoric as Kim gives up on reunification with South: North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un is continuing to ramp up his focus on nuclear weapons and taking a more aggressive military stance towards his neighbour South Korea. In his 2023 year-end speech, in which he outlined his plans for 2024, Kim …

Are the Cyprus reunification talks doomed to fail again?

Are the Cyprus reunification talks doomed to fail again?: Shutterstock Cypriots’ hopes of a peaceful future for their island once again rest on UN-brokered talks in Switzerland. But even as the first words are uttered, those hopes already look under threat. The island gained its independence from Britain in 1960, but has been divided since …