North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-il, must have been on an urgent mission when he boarded his bulletproof train and headed to China for the second time in less than four months on August 26. With America's former president Jimmy Carter in town, devastating floods in the north and a rare conclave of his ruling party only days away, Kim had much to keep him at home. But buttering up China appears to be a new priority. Both China and North Korea, as is their wont, kept quiet about the visit until...
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