By Myles Morgan
Foreign Affairs officials told politicians a letter sent to Australia by North Korea showed it was "more isolated and under pressure" than ever.
"We do not usually get letters like this... this reflects a degree of pressure being applied in North Korea," DFAT official Graham Fletcher told a Senate estimates hearing in Canberra on Thursday.
"They are, I presume, trying to persuade us to change our policy [of sanctions]."
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