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![What Tensions? 'Friendship' on Display as North Korean Official Visits China What Tensions? 'Friendship' on Display as North Korean Official Visits China](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-03-02_19-57-42.jpg)
What Tensions? 'Friendship' on Display as North Korean Official Visits China
By Shannon Tiezzi
Vice Foreign Minister Ri Kil-song is in Beijing, the first such high-level visit in nine months.
![North Korea's Own Pivot to ASEAN North Korea's Own Pivot to ASEAN](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-01-30_20-09-17.jpg)
North Korea's Own Pivot to ASEAN
By Mina Pollmann
Like China, Japan, and the US, North Korea is looking toward Southeast Asia -- but with a different goal in mind.
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