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        "msgid": "diplomatic-row-erupts-in-bangkok-1447893297",
        "date": "1999-03-17 00:00:00",
        "title": "Diplomatic row erupts in Bangkok",
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        "summary": "Diplomatic row erupts in Bangkok BANGKOK (AFP): Thailand has threatened to revoke the diplomatic immunity of seven North Korean Embassy staff members facing possible arrest over a bungled kidnapping of a runaway diplomat, officials said on Tuesday. Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwan also ordered North Korean agents here to immediately release the North Korean diplomat's son and again warned the scandal was severely damaging bilateral ties.",
        "content": "<p>Diplomatic row erupts in Bangkok<\/p>\n<p>BANGKOK (AFP): Thailand has threatened to revoke the<br>\ndiplomatic immunity of seven North Korean Embassy staff members<br>\nfacing possible arrest over a bungled kidnapping of a runaway<br>\ndiplomat, officials said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwan also ordered North Korean<br>\nagents here to immediately release the North Korean diplomat&apos;s<br>\nson and again warned the scandal was severely damaging bilateral<br>\nties.<\/p>\n<p>The scandal surfaced last month when North Korean Embassy<br>\ncounselor Hong Sun-kyong, 61, disappeared amid accusations he had<br>\nstolen money intended to buy Thai rice for the famished Stalinist<br>\nstate.<\/p>\n<p>A huge manhunt failed to find the man, his wife Pyo Yong Hui<br>\nand 20-year-old son Hong Won Myong, but a mysterious car accident<br>\nlast week uncovered a suspected North Korean plot to kidnap the<br>\nfamily.<\/p>",
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