BEIJING: The assassination in Malaysia of the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has stretched ties between the two nations to the breaking point and left the isolated Stalinist nation with fewer options for financial survival, experts say.
The worsening spat would force Pyongyang to become even more reliant on China for economic support, even as the regime delivers a veiled attack against Beijing for banning coal imports from the North, they said.
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