Obama Offers Ferry Condolences With Focus on North Korea Threat
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U.S. President Barack Obama offered his “deepest sympathies” over the deadly sinking of a South Korean ferry, having arrived in Seoul for talks on how to contain North Korea amid signs the regime is preparing a fourth nuclear test.
“As allies, but also as friends, we join you in mourning the lost and the missing,” Obama told South Korean President Park Geun Hye, referring to the April 16 sinking of the Sewol that left more than 300 passengers dead or missing, many of them schoolchildren. He presented Park with an American flag that flew over the White House the day of the sinking.