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Q&A: North Korea nuclear deal
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea blamed South Korea for the death of a South Korean tourist last week, and rejected an offer by President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea offer to resume dialogue as " a laughable cheap trick. (article 2)
South Korea suspended tourism after the shooting and officials said that all of the about 1,300 tourists at the resort at the time of the incident would have left by Sunday. (article 4)
The death of the 53-year-old woman, who the North said had ventured into a restricted military area during a pre-dawn stroll at a beach, followed a series of hostile North Korean moves against South Korean President Lee Myung-bak. (article 3)
A tourism company reported that the woman was shot shortly before dawn on Friday after wandering into a fenced-off military area near Diamond Mountain, a tourism zone that was opened to South Koreans in 1998. (article 1)
China has supported North Korea ever since Chinese fighters flooded onto the Korean peninsula to fight for their comrades in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in 1950. (article 6)
Since the Korean War divided the peninsula between the North and South, China has lent political and economic backing to North Korea's leaders: Kim Il Sung and his son and successor, Kim Jong-Il. (article 6)
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Story keywords
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Korea, North, Korean, Lee, Nuclear |
Source articles
- South Korean Offer to North Is Marred by Killing of Tourist (nytimes.com, 07/12/2008, 920 words)
- North Korea Rejects Talks Offer (nytimes.com, 07/13/2008, 395 words)
- Tourist's killing clouds SKorean appeal to North (Washington Post, 07/12/2008, 370 words)
- South Korea demands North explains tourist's killing (Washington Post, 07/13/2008, 296 words)
- Deal on Verifying North Korean Disarmament (nytimes.com, 07/13/2008, 637 words)
- The China-North Korea Relationship (Washington Post, 07/12/2008, 1097 words)
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