Article: North Korean Official To Attend N.Y. Seminar; Trip Builds on Contacts With the U.S.

A senior North Korean official who threatened last year that North Korea might test a nuclear weapon will attend a foreign policy seminar next week in New York, allowing him to cross paths with U.S. officials attending the same meeting, diplomats said.

This is the second year in a row that Li Gun, deputy head of U.S. affairs at North Korea's Foreign Ministry, will attend the meeting of scholars and experts hosted by the National Committee on American Foreign Policy, a nonpartisan organization that focuses on resolving conflicts that threaten U.S. interests.

Li's trip to New York follows a rare visit to Capitol Hill last month by the North Korean ambassador to the United Nations and other ...

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