E-MAIL THIS LINK
To: 

S. Korean Delegation to Confront N. Korea
A South Korean Cabinet delegation plans to confront North Korean officials over the communist state's claim that it has nuclear weapons and might test, export or use them, a South Korean official said. The five-member mission will hold talks from Sunday through Thursday with North Korean officials in the capital, Pyongyang, said Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Jung-ro. A government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the South Korean delegation will ``focus very much on this drastic development in the talks in Beijing.''
"You guys are crazy, ain't you? You have no idea what you're doing, do you?"
``It is clear that we will be talking about this. Certainly, the North Koreans will not like the idea of having it as the official agenda, though,'' he said.
I feel the spittle a comin'!
In Seoul, South Korea will hold a National Security Council meeting later Saturday to decide how to respond to the alleged nuclear claims by the North, said Lee Jihyun, a presidential spokeswoman. Then the Cabinet-level delegation will head to Pyongyang for talks starting Sunday. South Korean officials said the North still could cancel the meetings.
What are the odds?
The two Koreas initially arranged to hold Cabinet-level talks earlier this month, but those talks were canceled when Pyongyang failed to confirm them. North Korea also suspended two other working-level talks last month.
"Hey Kim!"
"Yes Kim?"
"Didya ever hear back from our loonie cousins to the north about dinner?"
"Nope, not a word."
"Too bad, I hate seeing a seven-course meal go to waste like that."
"Yeah. Well, let's eat!"
"We could always send a polaroid of the dessert tray to our cousins."
Posted by: Steve White 2003-04-26
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=13501