Sun, 5 Jul 2009 US official in N Korea talks U.S. special envoy for North Korea Stephen Bosworth reacts as he listens to his South Korean counterpart Wi Sung-lac during their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, Friday, May 8, 2009. North Korea vowed Friday to bolster its atomic arsenal in response to what it called Washington's "persistent hostile policy," even as a special envoy for President Barack Obama traveled to the region in a bid to draw Pyongyang back to nuclear negotiations.... Asia Malaysia NKorea Photos US
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