SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — What a difference a year makes.
North and South Korea sat down to talk Tuesday after a year of mounting tensions that saw North Korea test ever-more capable missiles and conduct its largest nuclear detonation ever, and the U.S. and its allies respond with sanctions and harsh rhetoric.
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