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While Seoul continues to throw out a lifeline to reinitiate talks, North Korea retaliates with continued missile tests, and warns that humanitarian aid and civilian exchanges will not be enough to improve inter-Korean relations.

Earlier in the month, North Korea stated that family reunions wouldn’t happen unless South Korea returns 12 North Korean restaurant worker “abductees” to Pyongyang, and the regime also continues to accuse South Korea and the U.S. of an assassination attempt on Kim Jong Un.

Following a panel on North