ES in NK with Bill Richardson, Jared Cohen and Kun "Tony" Namkung, an Asian affairs expert who has made numerous visits to North Korea over the past 25 years. Namkung also serves as a consultant to the AP.
From DoS FOIA reading room:
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If the North Koreans had been to California in 2012 as the AP article claims, wouldn't that have had to go all the way up to Hussein for approval? Surely HRC wouldn't have been able to make that happen on her own with sanctions in place…..right?