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On the front line of North Korea’s nuclear threat

The possibility of another Trump presidency has global leaders nervous about Kim Jong-un’s erratic behaviour. Would a second mandate tame or embolden “little rocket man”. Jessica Sier reports from the DMZ.

Jessica SierNorth Asia correspondent

Updated Aug 1, 2024 – 5.19pm, first published at 12.13pm

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Seoul | Defence personnel at the DMZ, the weapons-free buffer between North and South Korea, have named the only visible North Korean solider “Bob”.

However, a bit of fun around the identity of what would be any number of sentries on rotation, binoculars glued to their eyes, is where the levity ends.

Jessica Sier is the North Asia Correspondent for The Australian Financial Review. She is based in Tokyo, Japan. Jessica has previously written on technology, global capital markets and economics.