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North Korea Wants Bilateral Talks With U.S. Over Financial Misconduct Allegations
North Korea hopes to conduct bilateral talks with the United States over Washington’s decision to take financial regulatory action against several firms in the Stalinist nation, the Associated Press reported today (see GSN, Feb. 9). North Korean officials “repeatedly rejected” U.S. allegations of financial misconduct, Indonesian special envoy Nana Sutresna, just returned from Pyongyang, said today. “And at various times, they emphasized their willingness to talk on this question with the United States.” The officials called the allegations an “obstacle the U.S. put in the way of resumption of the six-party talks,” Sutresna said. He called the disagreement a bilateral issue. “The less people interfere with the problem ... I think, the better for the solution,” he said (Bo-Mi Lim, Associated Press, Feb. 10). Meanwhile, the new South Korean unification minister today called for renewed cooperation between Seoul and Pyongyang, which he said could help resolve the nuclear standoff, AP reported. “Let us make efforts to ensure inter-Korean ties can have a positive impact on the progress of North Korea’s nuclear issue,” said Lee Jong-seok (Kwang-Tae Kim, Associated Press/Pravda, Feb. 10).
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