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| Today's Tuesday. North Korea wants talks... |
| 2002-07-30 |
| South Korea has accepted a North Korean offer to reopen negotiations on improving relations between the two nations. The South Korean Unification Ministry proposed on Tuesday that North and South Korea hold preliminary talks August 2-4. Seoul suggested the North's scenic Diamond Mountain resort, on the east coast of the Korean Peninsula, as the setting. Cabinet-level talks would take place later, but a date has yet to be set. The roses and kissy face fill last until the North Koreans either get the urge to put a few rounds through something South Korean, or one of the real rulers in the nomenklatura decides to remind Dear Leader to stick with giving field guidance to chicken factories and leave the substantial stuff to them. Choi Jinwook, a research fellow at the Korea Institute for National Unification, says both sides have compelling motives for reopening negotiations. "South Korea wants to continue its sunshine policy for engagement and reconciliation between the two Koreas," he said. "From the North Korean perspective, they immediately need food from South Korea, and also South Korea is a major country which can support North Korea's economic recovery." "Covery" would be more like it. There's never been anything to "re"-cover. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 I knew as soon as I started reading that North Korea merely wants food. They never talk unless they want something; then, once they get it. . . . |
| Posted by: Dee Bates 2002-07-31 04:20:59 |