SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A South Korean delegation on a mission to North Korea to defuse nuclear tensions was not allowed to meet the North's leader Kim Jong Il as it had expected and was returning home Wednesday, South Korean officials said.
The development wrecked hopes that the delegation - led by Lim Dong-won, a presidential envoy who has met Kim several times in the past - would be able to try to personally dissuade the North Korean leader from pursuing nuclear weapons development.
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