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Q&A: North Korea nuclear deal
Summary from multiple countries, 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 4)
" If a strict investigation is not conducted over this tragic incident, that would be like throwing cold water on expectations for developments in inter-Korean relations through South-North talks the Unification Ministry said in a statement. (article 8)
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 8)
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 5)
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 3)
A South Korean woman has been shot dead by a North Korean soldier in a special tourism zone in the mountains of North Korean, officials from the North say. (article 1)
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Korea, North, Korean, Lee, Nuclear |
Source articles
- South Korean shot dead in North (BBC News, 07/11/2008, 314 words)
- Pyongyang criticised over killing (BBC News, 07/12/2008, 375 words)
- 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)
- Seoul softens stance on N Korea (BBC News, 07/11/2008, 553 words)
- S Korea move signals softer tone (BBC News, 07/11/2008, 600 words)
- South Korea demands North explains tourist's killing (Washington Post, 07/13/2008, 296 words)
- N Korea agrees to nuclear checks (BBC News, 07/12/2008, 388 words)
- Deal on Verifying North Korean Disarmament (nytimes.com, 07/13/2008, 637 words)
- Q&A: North Korea nuclear deal (BBC News, 07/10/2008, 1046 words)
- The China-North Korea Relationship (Washington Post, 07/12/2008, 1097 words)
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