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S. Korea Sending Envoy to North, Summit Proposed

By Eric Weiner
Published January 24, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

South Korea is sending a special envoy to its communist northern neighbor to discuss North Korea's nuclear weapons program. And South Korea's president-elect Roh Moo-hyun is proposing a summit with the north's reclusive leader, Kim Jong Il. NPR's Eric Weiner reports.

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