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    South Korean President Lee Myung-bak test drives an electric vehicle at the compound of the presidential house in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Chun Soo-young)


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    A woman reacts near a picture of North Korea leader Kim Jong Il during a rally held against pro-North Korean groups in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. The youngest son of Kim Jong Il is widely expected to make his public debut as the Dear Leader's heir apparent at a rare Workers' Party convention, the nation's biggest political gathering in 30 years. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)


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    A woman walks by a North Korean flag attached with pictures of North Korean founder late Kim Il Sung, top, and his son, current North leader Kim Jong Il during a rally held against pro-North Korean groups in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. The youngest son of leader Kim Jong Il is widely expected to make his public debut as the Dear Leader's heir apparent at a rare Workers' Party convention, the nation's biggest political gathering in 30 years. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)


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    Defectors from North Korea and conservative activists release balloons with leaflets condemning North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom, the demilitarized zone which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. North Korea celebrated its 62nd anniversary Thursday with odes to supreme leader Kim and pilgrimages to his late father's statue amid suggestions that a political meeting believed aimed at promoting his son as successor is imminent. The writing on the balloons reads "Overthrow Kim Jong Il's dictatorship." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon))


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    Balloons with leaflets condemning North Korean leader Kim Jong Il are released by defectors from North Korea and conservative activists at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of the Panmunjom, the demilitarized zone which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. North Korea celebrated its 62nd anniversary Thursday with odes to supreme leader Kim and pilgrimages to his late father's statue amid suggestions that a political meeting believed aimed at promoting his son as successor is imminent. The writing on the balloons reads "Overthrow Kim Jong Il's dictatorship." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)


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    North Korean defectors wearing military uniforms shout slogans during the launching ceremony of the North Korea People Liberation Front, a group intend to fight against North Korea leader Kim Jong Il, in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. North Korea celebrated its 62nd anniversary Thursday with odes to supreme leader Kim Jong Il and pilgrimages to his late father's statue amid hints that a political meeting believed aimed at promoting his son as successor is imminent. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)


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    Two North Korean defectors "detain" their fellow playing the role of North leader Kim Jong Il before "execution" during a rally held against pro-North Korean groups in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. North Korea celebrated its 62nd anniversary Thursday with odes to supreme leader Kim Jong Il and pilgrimages to his late father's statue amid hints that a political meeting believed aimed at promoting his son as successor is imminent. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)


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    Kim Dong-Ho, festival director of the Pusan International Film Festival, speaks during a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. The biggest film festival in Asia showcases 308 films from 67 countries and runs from October 7-15. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)


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    Robert Einhorn, the State Department's special adviser for nonproliferation and arms control, right, talks with Daniel Glaser, the Treasury Department's deputy assistant secretary for terrorist financing and financial crimes, left, during a press conference at the Information Resource Center of the American Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 2, 2010. New sanctions against North Korea will target narcotics trafficking, money counterfeiting and other "illicit and deceptive" activities that provide the regime with hard currency used to build nuclear weapons, a senior U.S. envoy said Monday. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)


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