Thursday, January 29, 2015

North Korea: Give Us $10 Billion And We'll Talk

Left- President Lee, right, shakes hands with Kim Ki-nam, secretary of North Korea’s Workers’ Party, at the Blue House on Aug. 23, 2009. Kim came to the South to attend the funeral of former President Kim Dae-jung. [JoongAng Photo]

Daily Mail: $10billion and huge shipments of food and fertiliser: What Kim Jong-il demanded from South Korea in return for a summit meeting

* Former North Korea leader Kim Jong-Il made demands in return for summit
* List included 400,000 tons of rice, 100,000 of corn and 300,000 of fertilizer
* Also wanted $100 million of asphalt and $10 billion to found a new bank
* Ex-President of South Korea has revealed the list of demands in new book
* Conservative former leader Lee Myung-bak said he refused to pay for talks

WNU Editor: Only $10 billion?

More News On North Korea's Former Leader Kim Jong-il Demands That South Korea Give Him $10 Billion For A Summit

Lil’ Kim’s Dad ‘Wanted $10 Billion to Hold a Summit with South Korea’ -- Time
North Korea made South an offer it could refuse: Give us $10 billion and we’ll talk -- National Post/AP
Late Kim Jong Il demanded $10bn for summit, says former South Korean leader -- The Times
Pyongyang’s Inter-Korean Summit Bill: $10 Billion, Plus Extras? -- WSJ
North Korea Sought Talks and Attached a Hefty Price Tag, South's Ex-Leader Says -- NYT
N. Korea demanded $10 bn for summit: ex-S. Korea president -- Global Post/AFP
N.K. demanded cash for summit: Lee memoir -- Korea Herald
Lee memoir spills lots of beans -- Korea Joong Ang Daily

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