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Despite the Obama administration's lacking a clear strategy for North Korea, Seoul Mayor Park Won-Soon hopes the U.S. can steer Pyongyang to openness. (Keith Lane/Special to the Washington Times)
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Despite the Obama administration's lacking a clear strategy for North Korea, Seoul Mayor Park Won-Soon hopes the U.S. can steer Pyongyang to openness. (Keith Lane/Special to the Washington Times)
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Matthew Miller, a U.S. citizen, sits on the dock at the Supreme Court during his trial in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014 photo. North Korea's Supreme Court on Sunday sentenced Miller to six years of hard labor for entering the country illegally and trying to commit espionage. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)
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North Korea announced Monday it would send 150 cheerleaders to the Asian Games. The goodwill gesture — which appears insignificant, if not comical, on its face — comes days after North Korea called for reunification with South Korea through a federal formula that would allow for the two countries to maintain their separate ideologies and social systems. (Associated Press)
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In this Wednesday, April 9, 2014, image made from video, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un holds up a parliament membership certificate during the Supreme People's Assembly in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/KRT via AP Video, File) ** FILE **
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In this image taken from video made available on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un delivers an annual New Year's Day message in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/KRT via AP Video) ** FILE **