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Article: South Korean envoy's trip to North Korea fruitless.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- January 29, 2003
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Byline: Michael Dorgan
SEOUL, South Korea _ North Korea snubbed a South Korean special envoy, dashing hopes in South Korea that the visit would lead to a breakthrough in a mounting international crisis over North Korea's nuclear weapons programs.
The South Korean, Lim Dong-won, a top security adviser to President Kim Dae-jung, was treated to a five-hour banquet during his two-day visit to the North Korean capital Pyongyang, but was not granted even a minute with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, who was said to be busy touring the countryside.
Lim had hoped to hand deliver to Kim Jong Il a letter from South Korea's President Kim outlining a ...