North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho in Hanoi, Vietnam. Photo: EPA North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho in Hanoi, Vietnam. Photo: EPA
North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho in Hanoi, Vietnam. Photo: EPA
North Korea
This Week in Asia /  Politics

After US advice, is North Korea trying to copy Vietnam?

  • A high-level meeting raises speculation Pyongyang is looking to emulate Hanoi’s experience of mixing communism and economic reform

Topic |   North Korea
Bennett Murray

Updated: 4:33pm, 1 Dec, 2018

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North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho in Hanoi, Vietnam. Photo: EPA North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho in Hanoi, Vietnam. Photo: EPA
North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho in Hanoi, Vietnam. Photo: EPA
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