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Kim apologizes for payments to North Korea
South Korean President Kim Dae-jung offered a public apology Friday for allegations that he bought a landmark inter-Korean summit in 2000 with cash payments to impoverished North Korea. In a nationally televised address, Kim said he was aware of illegal payments to North Korea just ahead of the summit in June 2000, but allowed the money to be paid to the North "Hey, it's only money, and money well spent, as you can see..." "I have caused great concerns to the people with the recent secret North Korea aid controversy. I am extremely sorry and I am personally pained by it," Kim lamented. "Since I'm not political toast, I can say that, can't I?" Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-02-14 |
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