New power game unfolds in Korean Peninsula ahead of US election

Pyongyang congress and Xi's Seoul visit linked to fate of Trump

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks at the ruling Workers' Party's Central Committee plenum in Pyongyang on Aug. 19, in this photo released by North Korean Central News Agency. © Reuters

HIROSHI MINEGISHI, Nikkei senior staff writer

TOKYO -- A confluence of factors related to the Korean Peninsula may cause significant changes in the region's geopolitical landscape, with new political and diplomatic developments in the works.

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