North and South Korea to resolve standoffs

[NavyDave]

South, North Korea Agree to Nuclear Talks

7 minutes ago

SEOUL, South Korea - South and North Korea (news - web sites) agreed early Friday to peacefully resolve the international standoff over North Korea's nuclear programs, according to a joint declaration released after Cabinet-level talks.

"South and North Korea sufficiently exchanged both side's position on the nuclear issue and agreed to actively cooperate to resolve this issue peacefully," the statement said.

The two sides also agreed to hold the next round of inter-Korean ministerial talks April 7-10 in Pyongyang and another round of inter-Korean economic talks Feb. 11-14 in Seoul.

Both sides also pledged to work toward reconciliation on the Korean peninsula, which has been divided since 1945.

This week's Cabinet-level meetings in Seoul were the first in months between the two Koreas, and South Korea (news - web sites) promised to make them a forum for insisting North Korea scrap nuclear programs that could make weapons.

Officials said late Thursday they made some progress in the areas of security and increasing cooperation between the two countries.

But negotiations bogged down over the South's insistence that the joint statement address the North's nuclear programs.

[redman]

Originally posted by NavyDave

But negotiations bogged down over the South's insistence that the joint statement address the North's nuclear programs.

Sure sounds like progress to me.

[Tarhog]

Translation:

North Korea, in return for economic and material aid from the West and from South Korea will pretend it is no longer actively pursuing nuclear weapons while continuing its current program. Hey baby, thats why they call it the Sunshine Policy, its all about blowing sunshine up....well...you get the point. :jerkoff: