Inside North Korea
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The North Queens Wanted a Deal With the United States
The north queens were looking for a deal with the americans that would provide them with food and fuel in exchange for freezing aspects of their nuclear programme. Now what happened, and i should explain, is that this is a deal that kimjongil worked on before he passed away. And just days after i broke story, he did pass away. And so i think that the new leader, his son, kim jongun, had a very different approach. And so he abandoned that deal and embarked on a period of a much more tense relationship with the united states. U know, i do believe that kimjung was trying to set the stage for better relationship with theunited
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