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Seoul Invites N. Korean Defense Official To Security Summit

July 17 2015

South Korea

A top North Korean defense official has been invited to an international security conference being held in South Korea in September, reports the Yonhap news agency (Seoul).

The invitation was sent on Friday through a military hotline on the western maritime border.

South Korea's Vice Defense Minister Baek Seung-Joo invited his North Korean counterpart to the Seoul Defense Dialogue, reported AFP.

This is the first time North Korea has been invited to the conference, which...

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