Daily Memo: North Korea Backs Down, Putin Promises Changes

Kim Jong Un reportedly halted plans to attack South Korea.

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Kim backs down. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un suspended plans for “military action” against South Korea, per state media on Wednesday. North Korea also reportedly began taking down loudspeakers blasting propaganda toward the South – something that doesn’t particularly bother Seoul but that drives Pyongyang batty when South Korea cranks up its own loudspeakers. […]

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