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Oliver Hotham
Oliver Hotham was an NK News contributor based in Seoul, South Korea. Follow him on Twitter.
North Korea and the U.S. were on Friday set to begin a round of preliminary working-level negotiations in Sweden, in high-stakes talks intended to iron out the specifics of a potential future nuclear deal between the two countries.
The meetings are expected to see negotiators hold talks over Friday and Saturday, and are the first of their kind between Washington and Pyongyang since January.