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Tan Sri Dr. Krishnan, president of the Universal Peace Federation (UPF) in Malaysia, which was founded by the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon, told The Washington Times that she had the opportunity to meet Prince William and his wife Kate at an event in Malaysia on Sept. 15, but that she came to Korea to pay tribute to Rev. Moon instead because, as she said, "Prince William is young. I have time to meet him." She spoke with The Washington Times at the Renaissance Hotel in Seoul, Korea on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Women hang out in their makeshift dormitory, where they are sleeping on the floor in one of the rooms of the seminary at the Cheong Shim Peace World Center in Gapyeong-gun, Korea on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Men hang out in their makeshift dormitory, where they are sleeping on the floor in one of the rooms of the seminary at the Cheong Shim Peace World Center in Gapyeong-gun, Korea on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Mourners place flowers (lilies for the mother and roses for the father) on a table inside the Cheongpyeong Heaven and Earth Training Center near Seoul, Korea on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 to honor the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church. His 13-day funeral ends Saturday with a ceremony honoring his life followed by the burial. According to officials, they had to import flowers from Japan because they could not get enough in Korea. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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An usher indicates a place where mourners carrying flowers should pause before approaching a long table to place the flowers at the Cheongpyeong Heaven and Earth Training complex outside of Seoul, Korea on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. Thousands of mourners have passed through the complex in the last few days to pay tribute to the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church. The mourners placed flowers (lilies for the mother and roses for the father) as part of the tribute. According to officials, they had to import flowers from Japan because they could not get enough in Korea. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Activist No Su-hui (center) shouts, "Long live reunification!" in front of North Korean officials and soldiers before crossing the demarcation line between North and South Korea where South Korean officials (in background) were waiting for him, at the Demilitarized Zone at Panmunjom, Korea, on Thursday, July 5, 2012. South Korean officials immediately detained the activist for making an extended trip to Pyongyang without South Korean government approval, as required by law. (Associated Press)

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A South Korean protester aims a toy gun at an effigy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, which is set on a mock North Korean missile during an anti-North Korea rally denouncing North's plan to launch a long-range rocket in Seoul on March, 20, 2012. (Associated Press)

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An effigy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is put on a mock North Korean missile during an anti-North Korea rally in Seoul on Tuesday, March 20, 2012, to denounce the North's plan to launch a long-range rocket. (Associated Press)

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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak says passage of the U.S.-Korea free-trade pact should boost trade between the two countries more than 50 percent by 2015. He spoke at a luncheon Wednesday in Washington. (Associated Press)

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Illustration: Korea trade by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

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A pro-unification activist prepares to display a reunification banner before a protest demanding inter-Korea talks in front of the government complex in Seoul on Thursday, June 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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Illustration: Free trade with Korea by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

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Illustration: Korea free trade

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U.S. Army Gen. Walter Sharp, commander of the United Nations Command, speaks at the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission building in the cross-border village of Panmunjeom in Korea's Demilitarized Zone on Tuesday, July 27, 2010, to mark the 57th anniversary of the signing the Korean War armistice. (AP Photo/Kim Jae-hwan, Pool)