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Published 11/07/2009 by France24

US says open to NKorea visit

US special representative on North Korea Stephen Bosworth speaks to the media in Seoul, in September. Newspapers from South Korea and Japan, have quoted unnamed sources saying that Bosworth has agreed to go to Pyongyang in late November.

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