JacktheCat

Joined: 08 May 2004
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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:55 pm Post subject: American Tourists Allowed Back into North Korea |
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For the first time in 3 years, and only the third time in 13 years, North Korea is allowing American citizens to visit the country.
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BEIJING, China (Reuters) -- Reclusive North Korea will allow American tourists across its border next month for the first time in three years, in time to take in the spectacle of the country's biggest-ever mass games, involving some 100,000 people.
The tours got the green light following the surprise end earlier this month to the latest round of six-party talks in Beijing, when North Korea and the United States signed a landmark deal in which Pyongyang agreed to give up its nuclear weapons programs in exchange for aid and security guarantees.
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