catman
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 Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 6:36 pm Post subject: N. Korea threatens to halt talks with South |
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North Korea threatened Friday to break off all dialogue and negotiations with South Korea in anger over Seoul's alleged contingency plan to deal with potential unrest in the communist country.
The National Defence Commission � the North's most powerful state organ headed by leader Kim Jong-il � also warned the North will initiate a "sacred nationwide retaliatory battle" against South Korea over the plan, which the North claims is aimed at toppling its regime.
The rare statement from the commission comes amid diplomatic efforts to revive stalled international talks on ending Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programs. It also comes as North Korea has offered conciliatory gestures to the South, including one Thursday to discuss restarting stalled tour programs.
North Korea stopped short of saying whether it will push for Seoul's exclusion in the broader disarmament talks that involve the U.S., China, Russia, Japan and South Korea, which Pyongyang is boycotting.
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The North's warning came just two hours after it told the South it will accept over 9,000 tonnes of South Korea's previous food aid offer, said Chun.
The North's state media did not mention the food aid.
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