Acute Thrombocytopenia, Leucopenia, and Multiorgan Dysfunction: The First Case of SFTS Bunyavirus outside China? by Srdjan Denic, Joumana Janbeih, Suresh Nair, Walter Conca, Waheed Uz Zaman Tariq, Suhail Al-Salam

“…We report a 57-year-old man with acute thrombocytopenia, leucopenia, and multiorgan dysfunction. Patient was from North Korea and was temporarily working in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, when he fell ill in March 2009. …”
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Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Climatic Zones over the Korean Peninsula by Se Jin Jeung, Jang Hyun Sung, Byung Sik Kim

“…Unlike South Korea, North Korea lacks studies using climate change scenarios of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) and only recently did the country start the projection of extreme precipitation episodes. …”
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Averting War in Northeast Asia: A Proposal by Mel Gurtov

“…While the United States and South Korea consider whether or not to accept North Korea's call for an "unconditional" return to the Six Party Talks (6PT) or China's call for multilateral negotiations, Northeast Asia is sliding in the direction of deepening conflict that could lead to war. …”
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Evolution of approaches to defense policy in Japan in the post-war period by Plaksin A.D.

“…Particular attention is paid to the current defense course of the Kishida Fumio administration in the context of growing regional threats from China and North Korea. Attempts to pursue a hybrid policy are noted, which involves balancing between promoting measures to strengthen the defense sector and confirming with the anti-war sentiments prevailing among the Japanese population.…”
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GLOBAL DILEMMA OF NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION: THE CASE OF IRAN by FRANCIS OSAYI OSADEBAMWEN

“…To balance the equation, supposed threatened states, irrespective of the cost implication, whether financially buoyant (as Iran) or not (as North Korea), joined the arms race. This of course has put a strain on global peace and security. …”
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Evaluation of tritium production capability of the 5 MWe gas-cooled graphite-moderated reactor at Yongbyon using tritium-producing burnable absorber rods by Dokyun Kim, Seong Jeong Jeong, Hyung Jin Shim

“…The 5 MWe graphite-moderated gas-cooled reactor located at Yongbyon, North Korea, is a major facility for producing nuclear materials. …”
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Transformation of the currency regulation regime and foreign economic relations of Russia in the context of expanding anti-Russian sanctions by O. B. Anikin, O. M. Fedin

“…The article also discusses the possible expansion of international economic relations between Russia, China, North Korea and other countries. The purpose of the article is to identify directions for the transformation of the currency regulation regime and foreign economic relations of the RF in the context of the expansion of anti-Russian sanctions. …”
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Understanding Effectiveness of International Sanctions by Thomas Biersteker

“…Taking into consideration the difficulty of conflicts and issues over which sanctions are applied – North Korea’s nuclear program, Iran’s potential development of nuclear weapon program, ethnic and religious conflicts in Africa, the Middle East – 20 % should not be considered a small figure. …”
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Adapting to Détente: US Policy on Korean Unification in 1968-1973 by D. A. Sadakov

“…Another challenge for the Americans was the North Koreans' «diplomatic offensive,» which strengthened North Korea's position in the world. It tried to use the accumulated political weight to turn the annual debate on the Korean issue in the UN General Assembly from a formality to something real. …”
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Genetic diversity of bread wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.) in the allelic composition of HMW-GS (a review) by M. V. Chebatareva

“…., Mexico, Argentina, Russia, Kazakhstan, Ethiopia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria, Afghanistan, and North Korea (Group II) had 0.42. These groups of wheat cultivars differed in the frequency of occurrence of glutenin subunits at each Glu-1 locus: N, 7+9, 2+12 in Group I, and 2*, 7+9, 5+10 in Group II.Conclusion. …”
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Data mobilisation for historical records of vascular plants in eastern Asia: V. L. Komarov’s expedition to Far-Eastern Russia, China and Korea from 1895 to 1897 by Chin Sung Chang, Kae Sun Chang, Hui Kim

“…In particular, the biodiversity patterns in China&#039;s three north-eastern provinces, North Korea and the Russian Far East remain poorly understood, with substantial gaps when compared to the records of species distributions in Japan, South Korea and inland China. …”
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The US Nuclear Policy in the XXI Century: Continuity and Change in the Strategies of the George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump Administrations by E. P. Buzhinsky, V. A. Veselov

“…The conclusion is drawn that with regard to Iran and North Korea the Trump administration’s policy will be largely similar to the policy of the G.W. …”
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Yoon Suk Yeol’s policy towards Japan: Reasons for changing approach and prospects by К. V. Asmolov, О. S. Pugacheva

“…President Yoon considers Japan a “partner” with whom it is possible to counter common threats, in particular North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, DPRK). …”
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Debates on the Role of the US Theatre Missile Defense in Regional Deterrence of Russia and China by O. O. Krivolapov

“…Studies on missile defense, both in Russia and abroad, have been tradition- ally focused either on capabilities of the US national missile defense system to parry Russian or Chinese strategic nuclear forces, or on regional deter- rence of North Korea and Iran by means of regional missile defense (theater missile defense, TMD). …”
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