North Korean leader Kim Jong-un appears delighted at the test firing of a strategic submarine-launched ballistic missile. The country’s fifth nuclear test on September 9 was its biggest to date. Photo: AFPNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un appears delighted at the test firing of a strategic submarine-launched ballistic missile. The country’s fifth nuclear test on September 9 was its biggest to date. Photo: AFP
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un appears delighted at the test firing of a strategic submarine-launched ballistic missile. The country’s fifth nuclear test on September 9 was its biggest to date. Photo: AFP
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China must rein in Pyongyang’s nuclear actions before it’s too late

Deng Yuwen and Huang Ting say Beijing can no longer be in two minds over its long-time ally’s atomic ambitions, as the strategic and security fallout could be immense

Topic |   North Korea nuclear crisis
Deng Yuwen
Deng Yuwen and Huang Ting

Updated: 2:54pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un appears delighted at the test firing of a strategic submarine-launched ballistic missile. The country’s fifth nuclear test on September 9 was its biggest to date. Photo: AFPNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un appears delighted at the test firing of a strategic submarine-launched ballistic missile. The country’s fifth nuclear test on September 9 was its biggest to date. Photo: AFP
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un appears delighted at the test firing of a strategic submarine-launched ballistic missile. The country’s fifth nuclear test on September 9 was its biggest to date. Photo: AFP
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