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What the U.S. can learn from past nuclear deals with North Korea

"Cloning the Agreed Framework would be a mistake," former KEDO director Marc Vogelaar says

With North Korea’s diplomatic outreach since the beginning of 2018 is rapidly pushing ahead, many are discussing the possible outcome of key summits and if a deal may be struck on the denuclearization of the DPRK.

Amid heated speculation ahead of a planned summit between Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, NK News spoke with Marc Vogelaar, a former Dutch ambassador who served as director of the KEDO (Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization) between 1999 and 2002.

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