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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (R) and Kim Yong Nam, the head of North Korea's Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly, meet in Tehran on Aug. 3. (ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)

How Middle East Affairs Inform North Korean Strategy

Pyongyang will closely watch U.S.-Iranian talks and the U.S.-Russia deal on Syria.

Oct 4, 2013 | 12:25 GMT
.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on Oct. 4 at the U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, outside of Tokyo. Jacquelyn Martin-Pool/Getty Images

U.S.: A Progress Report on Washington's Re-engagement with Asia

Improved defense relations with Japan and South Korea have not gone unnoticed by China and North Korea.

Oct 4, 2013 | 05:00 GMT
Australia's LNG Sector Comes Under Strain
Liquefied natural gas storage tanks are shown at the Woodside-operated North West Shelf Gas Venture in Western Australia on June 17, 2008. GREG WOOD/AFP/Getty Images

Australia's LNG Sector Comes Under Strain

Growing competition and rising production costs could lead Australia to scale back its liquefied natural gas ambitions.

Oct 3, 2013 | 05:39 GMT
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