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“N. Korea blackmails the international community by means of missile launches”

Published: 04 July, 2009, 15:50

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North Korea has a very limited number of foreign affairs resources by which it can influence its relations with the outside world, and missile launches are a kind of blackmail, says political analyst Ekaterina Koldunova.

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