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New Hope for Defusing Tensions in Korean Peninsula

Dec 12, 2017 | 09:00 GMT

U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman (L), met in Pyongyang with a senior member of the North Korean administration Dec. 7, 2017, marking the first such visit by a U.N. diplomat in seven years.

Jeffrey Feltman (L), the UN's under secretary general for political affairs, talks with North Korean senior ruling party leader Ri Su-Yong at Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang on December 7, 2017. Feltman's visit is the first by a UN diplomat of his rank since 2010. / AFP PHOTO / Kim Won-Jin (Photo credit should read KIM WON-JIN/AFP/Getty Images)

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Despite all the saber-rattling, a recent meeting between a U.N. diplomat and the North Korean government shows that cooler heads may yet prevail in the escalating crisis....

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