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Wolfowitz: We Must Help North Korea's Refugees

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 16, 2009 8:09 AM CDT

(Newser) – When President Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak meet today, they will discuss a host of security and economic issues, but Paul Wolfowitz hopes they take some time out for a purely humanitarian concern: North Korea’s refugees. Hundreds of thousands of North Koreans... Read full story »

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