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North Korea's reclusive Stalinist regime has signed a non-aggression pact with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or (ASEAN.) The agreement, signed by North Korea's Foreign Minister Pak Ui-Chun in Singapore, has no direct impact on the six-nation efforts to stop Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program, but it is a rare sign of North Korea reaching out to the international community. North Korea has been dismantling its nuclear program in exchange for economic and political incentives, including normalization of ties with Japan and the United States.