South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has asked his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong-il to dismantle the communist country’s nuclear weapon programme.
He reiterated calls for North Korea to return to the six nation talks. Pyongyang abandoned the talks nine months ago.
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President Lee also suggested repatriating the bodies of tens of thousands of soldiers who were killed in the Korean war, which began exactly 60 years ago.
Photo: President Lee Myung-bak - Wikipedia Creative Commons/Ted Stevens
President Lee Myung-bak - Wikipedia Creative Commons/Ted Stevens
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