TOKYO -- Since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his resignation two weeks ago, North Korea has remained mum about Japan's first leadership change in nearly eight years.
Japan after Abe
With a poker face, Kim Jong Un waits for Japan's next PM
North Korea silent on plans to engage Abe's successor
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un did not engage much with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, partly because Pyongyang believed Japan was "under the thumb of the U.S." © KCNA via Reuters
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