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A North Korean Visitor to the White House

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Gavan McCormack
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On 13 June 2005, the doors of the White House Oval Office opened to admit a young (37 year- old) Korean man named Kang Chol-Hwan, a refugee from North Korea and perhaps the first person from North Korea for the president to meet. Kang was slightly overwhelmed by the warmth of his welcome, not only from President George W. Bush but also Vice-President Dick Cheney and National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley. Just three days earlier, in the same room, Bush had hosted a visit by South Korean president Roh Moo-Hyun. The welcome for Kang, the refugee, was by all accounts much warmer than that for the head of state, and at forty minutes lasted about as long.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 3 , Issue 7 , July 2005 , e26
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