Pyongyang
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noun
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Pyongyang is Korea's oldest city, but little remains from its three-thousand-year history, after successive devastations by Japan and in the Korean War.
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One analyst told AFP that Pyongyang's latest remarks signalled "an intention to pursue relations with the US independently, without going through South Korea."
From BBC
To Washington, the options to contend with Pyongyang’s nuclear-capable missiles—which have the range to strike anywhere on the U.S. mainland—extend beyond the two choices Kim laid out.
Results will be keenly followed back home in Pyongyang, where Lee says both men and women professional athletes are treated with respect.
From Barron's
South Korea has mounted a concerted push to build bridges with Pyongyang under President Lee Jae Myung, who has sought the "peaceful coexistence" of two nations still technically at war.
From Barron's
She has effectively become Pyongyang's official mouthpiece for diplomacy with two nations typically viewed as "enemies".
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