Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue — Seoul and Havana Tell Pyongyang To Stew
The Pyongyang-Havana axis appears to have collapsed with the opening, on Valentine’s Day, of diplomatic relations between Seoul and Havana.
By DONALD KIRK
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DONALD KIRK
Seoul, South Korea
Donald Kirk is the Seoul Correspondent of the Sun.
Mr. Kirk, based in Seoul and Washington, has been covering Asia for decades for newspapers and magazines and is the author of books on Korea, the Vietnam War and the Philippines.
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