Author Topic: Australia tries to communicate with North Korea every month by fax  (Read 362 times)

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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]."

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/10/26/australia-tries-communicate-north-korea-every-month-fax
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