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US Envoy Visits DMZ On Heavily-fortified Korea Border

US ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield (2nd R) said North Korea-Russia ties were 'clearly a concern' of the United States, during a visit to the heavily-fortified boder with North Korea (Credit: AFP)

The US ambassador to the United Nations visited the heavily-fortified border between North and South Korea Tuesday, urging Pyongyang to return to talks as global enforcement of UN sanctions stumbles.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield arrived in South Korea on Sunday on a trip aimed at keeping up pressure on the nuclear-armed North after Russia last month used its UN veto to effectively end UN monitoring of violations of the raft of sanctions on Kim Jong Un's regime.

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