S. Korea to Send Presidential Envoy to Pyongyang

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S. Korea to Send Presidential Envoy to Pyongyang

South Korean President Kim Dae-jung will send his envoy to Pyongyang next week to discuss the escalating nuclear issue of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

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South Korean President Kim Dae-jung will send his envoy to Pyongyang next week to discuss the escalating nuclear issue of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

Lim Dong-won, special national security advisor to the president, will stay in Pyongyang on Jan. 27-29, South Korean national news agency Yonhap News reported Friday.

Lim Dong-won will be accompanied by Presidential National Security Advisor Yim Sung-joon and Lee Jong-seok, an expert on the DPRK, said Yonhap.

"We (South Korea) need to talk to them (DPRK), negotiate with them...I believe the nuclear issue can be solved through dialogue," said President Kim at a luncheon.

South Korea's proposal to send a presidential envoy to the DPRK was accepted by the DPRK delegation during the just-concluded Ninth Inter-Korean Ministerial Meeting held here, said the report.

Last April, Lim Dong-won was also sent by President Kim as his special envoy to Pyongyang in a bid to thaw the inter-Korean ties which were in stalemate due to US hostile policy toward the DPRK.

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