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North and South Korea
Face-off
The suspension of inter-Korean trade leaves the North even more dependent on China
May 26th 2010 | From The Economist online
ONE of the odd features of the dispute between North and South Korea since the torpedoing of the Cheonan by North Korea in March, is that the non-military responses available to the South and its allies are rather puny. Only a few hawkish South Koreans think a military response is desirable. Hillary Clinton, America's secretary of state, said that “the international community has a responsibility and a duty to respond” when she arrived in Seoul at the end of her Asian tour. For the international community, read China, which is reluctant to censure Kim Jong Il. The North's shortfall in everything from food to energy has been met by a mixture of trade with its southern neighbour and presents from China. The suspension of inter-Korean trade now leaves the poor North more dependent than ever on Beijing.

 
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