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SEOUL | Wed Aug 19, 2009 5:36pm EDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea confirmed on Thursday that it would send a delegation to the South to mourn former President Kim Dae-jung, who died earlier this week.

The visit is being seen in the South as a further sign that Pyongyang may be softening its tone toward the Seoul.

North Korea's KCNA news agency said leader Kim Jong-il had approved the visit by the delegation which will be headed by Kim Ki Nam, secretary of the Central Committee of the ruling Workers' Party.

(Reporting by Jonathan Thatcher)
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