SEOUL - North Korea is making a last-ditch effort to extract concessions from dovish South Korean President Moon Jae-in before he becomes a lame duck in the last few months of his term, according to analysts.
They were explaining why Pyongyang would test launch a new hypersonic missile shortly after extending an olive branch to Seoul.
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