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| US envoy to visit North Korea |
| 2002-09-26 |
| The US government has said it will send an envoy to North Korea soon, in an apparent attempt to reopen dialogue deadlocked for almost two years. White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said US President George W Bush announced the decision to South Korean President, Kim Dae-jung, in a telephone call on Wednesday. There are no indications as to whether North Korea has accepted the offer, but the Japanese prime minister reported after his meeting with the reclusive state's leader last week, that Kim Jong-il said he was ready for talks with Washington. They've gotta be nervous, watcing Bush maneuver on Iraq. Dear Leader doesn't want the be the objective of the next set of maneuvering. The question now is whether the NKor equivalent of the nomenklatura will allow anything to happen. Since they're actually taking steps toward a market economy, however timidly, it's a possibility... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |