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Latest Inter-Korean Talks End Without Nuclear Agreement
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First talks in 10 months end with a pledge to meet again next month



North and South Korea ended their first talks in 10 months with a
pledge to meet again next month. But Seoul failed to coax Pyongyang
back to negotiations over its nuclear-weapons programs.

South Korea will send some humanitarian assistance to the North as
agreed upon last year, but it concluded talks in the northern town of
Kaesong by refusing to grant Pyongyang's additional aid requests
without progress on the nuclear issue.

North Korea walked away from multi-national disarmament talks 11
months ago. It says it has nuclear weapons and will make more, despite
having signed several agreements to remain nuclear free.

Korea University Professor Ahn In-hye says South Korean Unification
Minister Chung Dong-young will have a lot at stake next month, when he
holds his first ministerial-level talks with the North.

"He wants to show some accomplishment as unification minister," said
Ahn In-hye.

Professor Ahn, however, says it is unlikely next month's meeting will
bring the North back to the nuclear talks. She thinks Pyongyang has no
desire to give up the weapons.


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