Korea: January 30, 2003

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A government investigation board announced that, in 2000, North Korea was secretly given $200 million of South Korean government money. The funds were transferred to a South Korean company that made the payment. The report indicates that this payment was a bribe to induce North Korea's leader, Kim Jung Il, to meet with South Korean leaders and sign a peace treaty. The South Korean media promptly called the payment a bribe.

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