These Maps Show How to Unlock North Korea's Economy

Kim Jong Un: Nuke-Wielding Madman or Astute Dictator?

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The prospect of a summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un this month is sharpening focus on the dividends should North Korea -- one of the world’s poorest nations -- become plugged into one of the globe’s most dynamic economic regions.

Seismic political changes on the peninsula would be needed and history tells us that the odds against success are high. Yet an official end to the Korean War and a deal on denuclearization haven’t been this tantalizingly close in decades.