Updated Jun.1,2007 09:54 KST

Bush Admits U.S. ¡®Screwed Up¡¯ Over N.Korea¡¯s Money
U.S. President George W. Bush has admitted to Washington¡¯s failure to understand North Korea in dealing with a delay in the transfer of North Korea¡¯s assets from a Macau bank, saying that the U.S. ¡°screwed it up.¡± Japan¡¯s Kyodo News Agency on Thursday quoted sources as saying Bush expressed his discontent in a summit with visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Camp David presidential retreat near Washington on April 27. It was the first time Bush acknowledged that Washington has made mistakes in tackling the money transfer impasse, the sources said.

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