Before Trump: 6 past high-level US visits to North Korea
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Before Trump: 6 past high-level US visits to North Korea
TOKYO (AP) — President Donald Trump could become the first sitting U.S. president to visit North Korea if plans for a summit with Kim Jong Un hold. But other prominent American political figures have visited Pyongyang, North Korea’s capital, in the past, many with a similar goal of trying to stop its nuclear program.
CARTER’S HISTORIC FIRST
Jimmy Carter made history as the first former U.S. president to visit North Korea in June 1994............................
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THAWING TENSION
Madeleine Albright is the highest-level U.S. official to visit North Korea while in office. As secretary of state, she met in October 2000 with leader Kim Jong Il, the father of the current leader................................
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CLINTON’S SURPRISE
On August 4, 2009, former President Bill Clinton arrived unannounced in North Korea on a mission to free two detained American journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee. .......................
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CARTER RETURNS — TWICE.......................