South Korea's official news agency said Saturday that a North Korean delegation in Seoul has asked for a meeting with President Lee Myung-bak (photo).Quoting an unidentified government official, the Yonhap news agency reported that the North Koreans said they were carrying a message from the North's leader, Chairman Kim Jong Il.
Yonhap said their request was conveyed to South Korea's Unification Minister Hyun In-taek on Saturday.
News of the request came after a meeting in Seoul between Hyun and North Korean spy chief Kim Yang Gon, who also handles inter-Korea matters.
Details of the meeting were not disclosed, but Hyun said before talks opened that he would like to talk about inter-Korean affairs.
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