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To: NickSE who wrote (288)	3/6/2003 12:08:06 PM
From: NickSE	Read Replies (1) of 504

NK update... US Sends Bombers to Deter N.Korea, Signs of Contact story.news.yahoo.com ....The Japanese news agency Kyodo quoted a senior U.S. official on Thursday as saying North Korea was moving ahead with preparations to launch a mid-range Rodong ballistic missile, different from the short-range missile test-fired last week just hours before South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun's inauguration.... ....But one common strand has emerged -- both Washington and Seoul have reached out to Pyongyang unofficially in the past two weeks despite Washington's desire for multilateral talks rather than the bilateral talks the North demands. Unofficial contacts have turned into a slow tango toward full talks before. "It is true that National Security Adviser Ra Jong-yil met North Korean officials," Blue House spokeswoman Song Kyoung-hee told a televised briefing. "That was not an official contact and was designed to open a channel of talks with North Korea." Ra held his talks with North Korean officials in Beijing before Roh took office. At about the same time, what U.S. officials described as private individuals met North Korean representatives in Berlin, where the North has an embassy....

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