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North Korea: Pyongyang Angry Over U.S.-South Korea Talks North Korea reacted angrily today to a recent summit between U.S. President George W. Bush and South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun (see GSN, May 19). “The South side will sustain an unspeakable disaster if it turns to confrontation, talking about ‘nuclear issue’ and ‘additional measures,’” said Pak Chang Ryon, the top North Korean official at inter-Korean economic talks in Pyongyang Tuesday. Pak said “inter-Korean relations will be put at the lowest ebb” because of the recent talks (Associated Press/Canada.com, May 20). South Korea, meanwhile, warned Pyongyang not to endanger the economic benefit it receives from cross-border interaction. “It is our precondition that North Korea’s nuclear problem should not worsen for smooth progress in inter-Korean economic cooperation,” said Vice Finance and Economy Minister Kim Gwang-lim, the top South Korean delegate at the talks (Agence France-Presse/Yahoo!News, May 20). Swiss May Hold Talks Switzerland announced today that it is willing to host talks to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis, according to ITAR-Tass. Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey made the announcement after talks with the North Korean leadership on the Korean border site of Panmunjom. Geneva hosted the 1994 talks that produced the agreement freezing Pyongyang’s nuclear development in exchange for energy assistance (ITAR-Tass, May 20).
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