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High-Ranking North Korean Official Is Traveling To New York

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Kim Yong Chol, vice chairman of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party Central Committee, arrives at the Korea-transit office near the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas in February. President Trump confirmed Tuesday that Kim is headed to New York discuss a possible summit with Kim Jong Un. (Korea Pool/Newsis via AP)
Kim Yong Chol, vice chairman of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party Central Committee, arrives at the Korea-transit office near the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas in February. President Trump confirmed Tuesday that Kim is headed to New York discuss a possible summit with Kim Jong Un. (Korea Pool/Newsis via AP)

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