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davidn3600

(6,342 posts)
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 03:11 AM Apr 2013

North Korea sets preconditions for talks' restart

Source: boston.com

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea on Thursday demanded the withdrawal of U.N. sanctions and the end of U.S.-South Korea military drills as conditions for resuming talks meant to defuse tension on the Korean Peninsula.

The statement from the Policy Department of the National Defense Commission, the country’s top governing body, came four days after Pyongyang rejected Seoul’s latest dialogue offer as insincere. The U.S. says it is prepared to talk to the North but Pyongyang must first bring down tensions and honor previous disarmament agreements.

‘‘Dialogue can never go with war actions,’’ said the statement, which was carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.

Before the talks can resume, the statement said the U.S. must also withdraw all nuclear weapons assets from South Korea and the region. It said South Korea, for its part, must stop all anti-North Korea talks, such as its recent announcement blaming Pyongyang for a cyberattack that shut down tens of thousands of computers and servers at South Korean broadcasters and banks last month. North Korea has denied responsibility for the cyberattack.


Read more: http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/2013/04/18/north-korea-sets-preconditions-for-talks-restart/u1duHgys8lR2GenL29wWBP/story.html

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North Korea sets preconditions for talks' restart (Original Post) davidn3600 Apr 2013 OP
blink. . .all face NK has is gone. They are all bluster and no action. All hat, no cattle Nanjing to Seoul Apr 2013 #1
And there ya, go Sherman A1 Apr 2013 #2
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2013 #3
Why is this impossible? John2 Apr 2013 #5
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2013 #7
I don't think John2 Apr 2013 #8
Dumbshits jessie04 Apr 2013 #4
Maybe we should release all John2 Apr 2013 #6
I see where you're going here..... DainBramaged Apr 2013 #9
We should, but NK is far worse treestar Apr 2013 #10
Thank you for talking sense iandhr Apr 2013 #12
Oh.... and one more thing... Turbineguy Apr 2013 #11
Precondition #44: Flash and Jaedong traded to NK Starcraft League sofa king Apr 2013 #13
 

Nanjing to Seoul

(2,088 posts)
1. blink. . .all face NK has is gone. They are all bluster and no action. All hat, no cattle
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 06:12 AM
Apr 2013

Backtracking starts in 3. . .2. . .1

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John2

(2,730 posts)
5. Why is this impossible?
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 06:52 AM
Apr 2013

The U.S. can do this in the blink of an eye, even though it may make some people mad, wanting war.

Response to John2 (Reply #5)

 

John2

(2,730 posts)
8. I don't think
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 07:08 AM
Apr 2013

the United States is capable of being bullied and don't see us as a victim. If it was reversed and truly as you claim, the sanctions would be on us, and they would be strangling our economy instead. It is just like the wealthy in this country, claiming poor people are strangling the economy while they increase their profits. And besides, we have technically been at War with North Korea for decades. It wasn't just South Korea, and still an ongoing War of attrition. Our ultimate goal has been regime change and implementing an American style Democracy ever since as oppose to their ideology of communism. Food can be use as a weapon. You starve them to Death, until they cry Uncle.

 

jessie04

(1,528 posts)
4. Dumbshits
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 06:46 AM
Apr 2013

when they release all their political prisoners from their "gulags" and " re-education camps" I might give a shit about what they want.

sofa king

(10,857 posts)
13. Precondition #44: Flash and Jaedong traded to NK Starcraft League
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 02:11 PM
Apr 2013


That's what North Korea really wants, to be competitive in Starcraft II. But nobody can beat the South Koreans, except Sen.
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