N. Korean leader sends New Year`s card to U.N. chief

SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has sent a New Year's
greeting card to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, formerly a South Korean
foreign minister, along with cards to the leaders of the North's allied nations,
Pyongyang's official media said Tuesday.
The report did not identify the U.N. chief by name.
Ban was mentioned at the bottom of the long list of Kim's card recipients, which
began with the presidents of China, Cuba and Russia and ended with Russian mayors
and chiefs of North Korea-related committees abroad.
Since Ban took over as the U.N. secretary general in January 2007, North Korean
media has stopped mentioning the name of the top U.N. official.
hkim@yna.co.kr
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