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Why neither the U.S. nor North Korea want a return to diplomacy anytime soon

There is little demand domestically in either the U.S. or the DPRK for another summit between their two leaders

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With U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment saga having drawn to a close, we find ourselves already one-and-a-half months into the new year.

By now, many seem to have moved on from the tiresome debates over North Korea’s promised ‘Christmas gift’ and its ‘new way’ in relations with Washington.

Some may recall the various dismal scenarios that were being predicted, but there is now relief that, in the end, nothing came of them.

Now that this chapter seems to have closed, and bad