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China-N Korea 'strategic dialogue'

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Choe Thae Bok, a secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, holds talks with Li Yuanchao (not shown in the photo), head of the Chinese Communist Party's Organization Department, in Pyongyang on June 10, 2011.

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China-N Korea 'strategic dialogue'

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Li Yuanchao, head of the Chinese Communist Party's Organization Department, holds talks with Choe Thae Bok (not shown in the photo), a secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, in Pyongyang on June 10, 2011.

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China-N Korea 'strategic dialogue'

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Li Yuanchao (R), head of the Chinese Communist Party's Organization Department, is greeted by Choe Thae Bok (L), a secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, at Pyongyang International Airport on June 10, 2011. The two sides held a ''strategic dialogue'' later in the day in Pyongyang to discuss bilateral relations and other issues of mutual concern, the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported the same day.

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N. Korea's Choe departs from China

BEIJING, China - Senior North Korean official Choe Thae Bok prepares to depart from Beijing airport on Dec. 4, 2010. Choe, a secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, returned home after making the first visit by a North Korean official to China since his country's Nov. 23 artillery attack on South Korea.

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N. Korean official in China

BEIJING, China - Choe Thae Bok (C), an aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, arrives at Beijing airport on Nov. 30, 2010. The arrival of Choe, a secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea's Central Committee, marks the first visit by a senior North Korean official to China since Pyongyang's Nov. 23 deadly shelling of a South Korean island near the contested western sea border.

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N. Korean official in China

BEIJING, China - Kim Yong Il (C), director of the Workers' Party of Korea's International Department, arrives at Beijing airport on Nov. 30, 2010. He traveled with Choe Thae Bok, a secretary of the party's Central Committee and an aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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N. Korean official in China

BEIJING, China - Choe Thae Bok (C), an aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, arrives at Beijing airport on Nov. 30, 2010. The arrival of Choe, a secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea's Central Committee, marks the first visit by a senior North Korean official to China since Pyongyang's Nov. 23 deadly shelling of a South Korean island near the contested western sea border.

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Key N. Korea official leaves China

BEIJING, China - Choe Thae Bok, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, is photographed at Beijing airport on Oct. 31, 2009, before returning to North Korea. Choe met Chinese President Hu Jintao and other key officials during his five-day trip.

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China Pres. Hu meets with N. Korea official Choe

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) meets with Choe Thae Bok, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 28, 2009.

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China Pres. Hu meets with N. Korea official Choe

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with Choe Thae Bok, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 28, 2009.

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Key N. Korea official leaves China

BEIJING, China - Choe Thae Bok, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, is photographed at Beijing airport on Oct. 31, 2009, before returning to North Korea. Choe met Chinese President Hu Jintao and other key officials during his five-day trip. (Kyodo)

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China Pres. Hu meets with N. Korea official Choe

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with Choe Thae Bok, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 28, 2009. (Kyodo)

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China Pres. Hu meets with N. Korea official Choe

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) meets with Choe Thae Bok, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 28, 2009. (Kyodo)

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N. Korean official in China

BEIJING, China - Choe Thae Bok (C), an aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, arrives at Beijing airport on Nov. 30, 2010. The arrival of Choe, a secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea's Central Committee, marks the first visit by a senior North Korean official to China since Pyongyang's Nov. 23 deadly shelling of a South Korean island near the contested western sea border. (Kyodo)

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China-N Korea 'strategic dialogue'

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Li Yuanchao, head of the Chinese Communist Party's Organization Department, holds talks with Choe Thae Bok (not shown in the photo), a secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, in Pyongyang on June 10, 2011. (Kyodo)

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China-N Korea 'strategic dialogue'

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Li Yuanchao (R), head of the Chinese Communist Party's Organization Department, is greeted by Choe Thae Bok (L), a secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, at Pyongyang International Airport on June 10, 2011. The two sides held a ''strategic dialogue'' later in the day in Pyongyang to discuss bilateral relations and other issues of mutual concern, the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported the same day. (Kyodo)

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China-N Korea 'strategic dialogue'

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Choe Thae Bok, a secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, holds talks with Li Yuanchao (not shown in the photo), head of the Chinese Communist Party's Organization Department, in Pyongyang on June 10, 2011. (Kyodo)

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N. Korea's Choe departs from China

BEIJING, China - Senior North Korean official Choe Thae Bok prepares to depart from Beijing airport on Dec. 4, 2010. Choe, a secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, returned home after making the first visit by a North Korean official to China since his country's Nov. 23 artillery attack on South Korea. (Kyodo)

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N. Korean official in China

BEIJING, China - Kim Yong Il (C), director of the Workers' Party of Korea's International Department, arrives at Beijing airport on Nov. 30, 2010. He traveled with Choe Thae Bok, a secretary of the party's Central Committee and an aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. (Kyodo)

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N. Korean official in China

BEIJING, China - Choe Thae Bok (C), an aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, arrives at Beijing airport on Nov. 30, 2010. The arrival of Choe, a secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea's Central Committee, marks the first visit by a senior North Korean official to China since Pyongyang's Nov. 23 deadly shelling of a South Korean island near the contested western sea border. (Kyodo)