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​US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on October 26, 2025.
Analysis

Trump’s Asian trade blitz sets up sitdown with Xi

The US president signed a raft of trade deals on Sunday at the ASEAN summit in Malaysia, but the main event of his Asia trip will be his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday.

​North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervises the test of suicide drones with artificial intelligence at an unknown location, in this photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on March 27, 2025.
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North Korea preps new kamikaze drones

Hermit Kingdom leader Kim Jong Un has reportedly supervised AI-powered kamikaze drone tests. He told KCNA, the state news agency, that developing unmanned aircraft and AI should be a top priority to modernize North Korea’s armed forces.

Kim Jong Un shows off North Korea’s first nuclear-powered sub
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Kim Jong Un shows off North Korea’s first nuclear-powered sub

Cigarette in hand, and with the toothiest of grins, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un posed for photographs at a shipyard next to the makings of a “nuclear-powered strategic guided missile submarine.” The vessel appears to be a 6,000-ton-class or 7,000-ton-class one, with a payload of 10 missiles, in line with plans unveiled at the Hermit Kingdom’s 2021 party congress.

​Tents are pitched on a sidewalk in Skid Row, Los Angeles, California, Dec. 9, 2024.
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Hard Numbers: US homelessness soars, Chad votes again, Kim Jong Un makes Trump plan, Chess champ refuses to change, Norovirus surges in US

Top 10 geopolitical game changers of 2024 - GZERO | Pictured: Elon Musk, Donald Trump, a migrant, Benjamin Netanyahu, Vladimir Putin, Ahmed Hussein Al-Shara, the angry voter, Jacob Zuma, Nicolas Maduro, Giorgia Meloni
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GZERO reveals the top 10 geopolitical game changers of 2024

2024 was a year of dramatic reversals. Some came at the ballot box, where long-ruling parties took a beating, anti-establishment figures stormed into power, or strongmen managed to see off what looked like fatal challenges. Some came on battlefields, where deadlocked conflicts began to break in one direction or another. And some came in how we think about politics and geopolitics more broadly.

President Joe Biden, South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol, and Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba participate in a trilateral meeting at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima, Peru, on Nov. 15, 2024.
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Japan, US, South Korea unite against North Korea-Russia Pact

In a joint press conference on Friday at the APEC summit in Lima, Peru, US President Joe Biden, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, and Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba warned of the latest “dangerous and destabilizing” cooperation between Russia and North Korea.

What does Russia give in exchange for North Korean troops?
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What does Russia give in exchange for North Korean troops?

What are the global consequences of North Korean soldiers now appearing on the frontlines in Ukraine? What’s the nature of the agreements that German Chancellor Scholz concluded during his recent visit to Delhi? Carl Bildt, former prime minister of Sweden and co-chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations, shares his perspective on European politics from Stockholm, Sweden.

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A group of women visit a beach resort in Wonsan, North Korea, in September 2013. The women said they are coworkers at a clothes factory in the capital Pyongyang and their trip to Wonsan is a reward for an increase in output.
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Your next dream vacay: Wonsan, North Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited the site of the country’s long-delayed Wonsan-Kalma resort zone for foreign tourists on Tuesday and discussed opening it by May 2025, state media reported on Thursday.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un arrive for a gala concert in Pyongyang, North Korea June 19, 2024.
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Putin and Kim sign mutual defense deal

Moscow is deepening ties with Pyongyang to ensure it keeps the ammunition train rolling.

Putin's rare North Korea visit will deepen ties
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Putin's rare North Korea visit will deepen ties

Will Putin's rare visit to North Korea strengthen anti-West alignment? Is escalation of war between Israel and Hezbollah inevitable? Will President Biden's new citizenship plan bolster his campaign? Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week on World In :60.