Wednesday, August 05, 2009

DTN News: North Korea Reissues Story Clinton Has Left

DTN News: North Korea Reissues Story Clinton Has Left
*Source: DTN News / Reuters (NSI News Source Info) SEOUL, South Korea - August 5, 2009: North Korea's KCNA news agency reissued an earlier story on Wednesday saying that former U.S. President Bill Clinton had left the country. In this photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, seated left, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, seated right, in Pyonggyang, North Korea, on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009. Third from left, back row, is former White House chief of staff John Podesta, others are unidentified. Former US President Bill Clinton met Tuesday with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il on the first day of a surprise visit to Pyongyang, holding "exhaustive" talks that covered a wide range of topics, state-run media said. It had earlier withdrawn the story on its English language service, but gave no reason. The latest story was issued on both its English and Korean services. Clinton had flown to Pyongyang on Tuesday to secure the release of two jailed U.S. journalists. The North's leader Kim Jong-il subsequently issued a special pardon for the two. It was not clear whether the two had left with Clinton.

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