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Trump Wishes North Korea's Kim a Happy Birthday

Reuters

   SEOUL - U.S. President Donald Trump sent a happy birthday message to
   North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, South Korea's national security
   adviser Chung Eui-Yong said Friday.

   Chung, who met Trump in Washington this week, told reporters that he
   was given a message to pass to North Korea and it was delivered
   Thursday.

   "The day we met was Kim Jong Un's birthday, and President Trump
   remembered this and asked me to deliver the message," Chung said upon
   arrival back in South Korea.

   Kim's birthday is believed to be Jan. 8, though his secretive regime
   has never confirmed the date. The U.S. government lists Kim's birth
   year as 1984, making him 36 years old this year.

   Chung did not say if it was a written message or whether it included
   anything beyond birthday wishes.

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