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North Korean diplomat who negotiated '94 deal with US dies
Associated Press ^ | May 20, 2016 9:35 PM EDT | Kim Tong-Hyung

Posted on 05/20/2016 8:09:28 PM PDT by Olog-hai

A top North Korean diplomat who negotiated a short-lived 1994 deal with the United States to freeze its nuclear programs in exchange for international aid has died of cancer, the country’s state media said Saturday.

The North’s Korean Central News Agency said Kang Sok Ju, a “trustworthy revolutionary comrade” of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and an “excellent son” of the country’s ruling party, died of esophageal cancer Friday afternoon at the age of 76. …

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: clintoon; kangsokju; northkorea; nukedeal

1 posted on 05/20/2016 8:09:28 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

I guess that beats starving dogs or antiaircraft guns, but possibly not an artillery barrage.


2 posted on 05/20/2016 8:14:58 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: Olog-hai

Mmmm, cigarettes.


3 posted on 05/20/2016 8:26:41 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: ozzymandus

So what!


4 posted on 05/20/2016 8:33:23 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Olog-hai

Not to worry

That deal probably lived long enough for the Clinton Crime Family to profit from it.


5 posted on 05/20/2016 8:36:37 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: PAR35

Three days of no liquids, weak and dizzy. Three months of NFW and you are out of your mind and your skin is cracked. Then you die.


6 posted on 05/20/2016 9:06:20 PM PDT by Domangart
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To: Olog-hai

Rare for any North Korean official to die of natural causes.


7 posted on 05/20/2016 9:07:24 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Olog-hai

His last words were, “Thanks again, Suckers”


8 posted on 05/20/2016 9:27:04 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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