N.Korean diplomat Kang Sok Ju dies of cancer

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N.Korean diplomat Kang Sok Ju dies of cancer

Kang served as senior diplomat in Workers' Party of Korea, negotiated 1994 Agreed Framework

John G. Grisafi May 20, 2016

N.Korean diplomat Kang Sok Ju dies of cancer

Rodong Sinmun

North Korean diplomat Kang Sok Ju died Friday, according to North Korean state media.

Kang, 76, died of esophageal cancer at 4:10 p.m. on Friday, according to the Pyongyang’s state-run Korean Central Broadcasting Station.

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John G. Grisafi

John G. Grisafi is an analyst and Korean linguist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Having previously worked as an analyst for the United States Army in South Korea and studied Korean at the Defense Language Institute, he is now majoring in East Asian Languages & Civilization and History at the University of Pennsylvania.

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