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North Korean official to attend unofficial nuclear talks in US

Seen as sign that regime to follow late leader’s plans

By Jean H. Lee

 |  Associated Press  

  March 02, 2012

In another sign of warming relations between two wartime foes, a senior North Korean nuclear negotiator will attend a security conference in the United States, a U.S. official confirmed yesterday. Word of Ri Yong Ho’s visit to the forum held by Syracuse University comes on the heels of a breakthrough agreement that will provide much-needed U.S. food aid to North Korea in exchange for a rollback of its nuclear programs.

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