Korea Kim

Korean relations enter a new phase

The death of Kim Jong-il ushers in another period of precarious uncertainty in the Korean peninsula, and rattles markets in Seoul.

<div style="text-align: left;"> A memorial symbolising the reunification of the Korean Peninsula at the entrance to Pyongyang </div>

Rupert Walker

December 20, 2011

North Korea’s official news agency (KCNA) yesterday announced that Kim Jong-il died on Saturday. The death of the country’s dictator had been expected for many months — he had pancreatic cancer — yet markets in Seoul reacted negatively as a fresh period of nervous uncertainty entered the always precarious relationship between the two parts of the Korean peninsula.

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