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13 Year
Old U.S.
Boy
Visits DPRK to Suggest Peace to
Chairman Kim
Hopes to Suggest a Peace Forest in the DMZ
BEIJING, CHINA. Jonathan Lee, a 13 year old youth environmental activist from the
United States, is entering the reclusive North on a humanitarian
environmental mission – to suggest peace. A bold move,
particularly with the strains between the DPRK, it's southern
neighbor (South Korea) and the United States....
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Population : 21.5million
Area : 65,610sq km
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