A public rally in support of North Korea’s stance against the US, in Kim Il-sung square, Pyongyang. A propaganda drive aimed at the North Korean people is one option open to the US. Photo: AFP A public rally in support of North Korea’s stance against the US, in Kim Il-sung square, Pyongyang. A propaganda drive aimed at the North Korean people is one option open to the US. Photo: AFP
A public rally in support of North Korea’s stance against the US, in Kim Il-sung square, Pyongyang. A propaganda drive aimed at the North Korean people is one option open to the US. Photo: AFP
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Trump’s nuclear standoff with North Korea: why this is no Cuban missile crisis

How I learned to stop worrying ... and realised: in Trump’s tussle with Pyongyang, outlandish rhetoric far outweighs the probability of war

Ralph Cossa
Ralph Cossa

Updated: 2:55pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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A public rally in support of North Korea’s stance against the US, in Kim Il-sung square, Pyongyang. A propaganda drive aimed at the North Korean people is one option open to the US. Photo: AFP A public rally in support of North Korea’s stance against the US, in Kim Il-sung square, Pyongyang. A propaganda drive aimed at the North Korean people is one option open to the US. Photo: AFP
A public rally in support of North Korea’s stance against the US, in Kim Il-sung square, Pyongyang. A propaganda drive aimed at the North Korean people is one option open to the US. Photo: AFP
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