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Pyongyang: armed and dangerous

North Korea may be edging away from a full-scale nuclear showdown with the USA and its regional allies, Japan and South Korea. However, the 'hermit kingdom' is both unstable and unpredictable, so JID's well informed sources are urging extreme caution.

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North Korea's long reach in profile

By Joseph S Bermudez Jr

With tensions on the Korean Peninsula steadily increasing and the recent US decision to redeploy its troops within the Republic of Korea (ROK) south of Seoul, the subject of the vulnerability of Seoul and forward-deployed US troops to long-range artillery fire is frequently discussed as a key issue. Most of these discussions, however, are based upon faulty data or a poor understanding of the Korean People's Army's (KPA's) artillery capabilities and deployment.
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