TOKYO -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has unleashed a barrage of missile launches since late September, including one that went over Japan for the first time in five years. The flurry of missile tests is reminiscent of a series of belligerent acts committed by Kim's late father, Kim Jong Il, in 2006 and Kim himself in 2017.
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Kim Jong Un takes page from father's 2006 playbook on brinkmanship
North Korean leader aims to win big concessions from U.S. in election year
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may have learned from his father how to use brinkmanship to extract concessions from the U.S. (Source photos by KCNA/Reuters)
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