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Why North Korea’s bold experiment with raising wages is destined to fail
Fueled by Russian funds, the reforms substitute ideology for economics and risk inflation, deeper poverty or worse
The US must work with China to denuclearize North Korea
Beijing has economic and political leverage, but it wants to maintain North Korea as a buffer state against US
Give Kim an offer he can’t refuse: exchange nukes for economic modernization
For any agreement to stand a chance, it must come with cash - and security guarantees