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  • [Footnote AH: "Gwan" is the Chinese for "official."] [Footnote AI: I have seen a European, with an imperfect hold of an eastern language, knock an Asiatic down because he thought the man was a fool, whereas he himself was ignorant of what was going on.

    Across China on Foot Edwin John Dingle 1926

  • U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday that Kim Kye Gwan, North Korea's first vice minister and former chief nuclear envoy, will visit New York this week to meet with senior U.S. officials.

    North Korea Diplomat to Visit US for Nuclear Talks 2011

  • His remarks came on the eve of talks between U.S. Ambassador Stephen Bosworth and North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan in New York on Thursday and Friday on the possibility of reviving disarmament talks after more than a year of animosity and high tension between the rival Koreas.

    North Korea predicts new nuclear arms race 2011

  • His remarks came on the eve of talks between U.S. Ambassador Stephen Bosworth and North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan in New York on Thursday and Friday on the possibility of reviving disarmament talks after more than a year of animosity and high tension between the rival Koreas.

    North Korea predicts new nuclear arms race 2011

  • In late July, the North's first vice foreign minister, Kim Kye Gwan, met the U.S. envoy to North Korea, Stephen Bosworth, in New York.

    South Korea Returns Fire at North Alastair Gale 2011

  • U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday that Kim Kye Gwan, North Korea's first vice minister and former chief nuclear envoy, will visit New York this week to meet with senior U.S. officials.

    North Korea Diplomat to Visit US for Nuclear Talks 2011

  • Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan, who leads the North Korean delegation, expressed high hopes for what are expected to be two days of meetings when he arrived in New York Tuesday.

    US-North Korea Talks to Begin in New York 2011

  • U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday that Kim Kye Gwan, North Korea's first vice minister and former chief nuclear envoy, will visit New York this week to meet with senior U.S. officials.

    North Korea Diplomat to Visit US for Nuclear Talks 2011

  • Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan, who leads the North Korean delegation, expressed high hopes for what are expected to be two days of meetings when he arrived in New York Tuesday.

    US-North Korea Talks to Begin in New York 2011

  • The minister, Kim Kye Gwan, is expected to meet with a team of U.S. officials to explore North Korea's commitment to taking concrete steps toward disarmament, Mrs. Clinton said in a statement.

    North Korean Diplomat Invited to U.S. for Talks Eric Bellman 2011

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