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Article: North Korea interested in inviting New York Philharmonic: sources.
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- YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea
- Article date:
- August 13, 2007
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) --North Korea has shown interest in inviting the New York Philharmonic to perform in its capital, Pyongyang, apparently as part of its efforts to improve ties with the United States, sources here said Sunday.During a meeting of six-party nuclear disarmament talks in Beijing in July, U.S. envoy Christopher Hill met his North Korean counterpart, Kim Kye-gwan, and proposed that the two countries start civilian exchanges as part of confidence-building measures, said the sources who spoke on condition of anonymity.Kim responded positively, saying that his government has already thought about such exchanges and would be interested in inviting ...