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North Korea rescinds invitation to U.S. envoy for Bae talks — Jesse Jackson offers to intervene

February 14, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korea has canceled for a second time its invitation for a senior U.S. envoy to visit the country to discuss a long-detained American’s possible release, the State Department said Feb. 10.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Ambassador King, Bob King, Cheong Seong-jang, DPRK, Donald Gregg, Japan-based Choson Sinbo, Jesse Jackson, Kenneth Bae, Lynn Turk, North Korean Foreign Ministry, Pacific Century Institute, Pacific Command, Sejong Institute, South Korea, State Department, United States, Vol 33 No 8 | February 15 - February 21

N. Korea blames US threat for aborting envoy’s trip

September 7, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Jin Kim The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has withdrawn its invitation to a U.S. envoy to visit the country over a detained American because Washington perpetrated a “grave provocation” by allegedly mobilizing nuclear-capable bombers during recent military drills with Seoul.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2013, Bob King, Jimmy Carter, Kenneth Bae, Kyungnam University, Lim Eul Chul, Marie Harf, North Korean Foreign Ministry, SEOUL, South Korea, State Department, US, Ulchi Freedom Guardian, Vol 32 No 37 | September 7 - September 13

US envoy to seek Bae’s release

August 31, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington and Matthew Lee The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — A senior U.S. envoy will travel to North Korea this week to seek the release of an American sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in the authoritarian country, the State Department said Aug. 27.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2009, 2013, Ambassador King, Bob King, China, Eddie Jun, Jimmy Carter, Kim Jong-un, Marie Harf, North Korean, Pyongyang Aug, Rick Larsen, South Korea, State Department, Vol 32 No 36 | August 31 - September 6, White House, japan

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