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Unusual starts for the first military-to-military meeting of North-Korea and their South-Korean counterparts

Panmunjom, North Korea - The first meeting, after a year of high strain, kicks off with a joke

They didn't meet for more than a year, and the diplomatic relations are still difficult due to the nuclear menace that North-Korea tries to claim as real and for the borders issues never resolved but the North Korean General Kim, maybe following some communication strategy, started the meeting with a joke. "Bush goes out jogging one morning and, preoccupied with international affairs, fails to notice...

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Rome, Italy, 05/08/2007 16:42
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