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              South Korea Dismisses North's 'Bogus' Military Talks

   by VOA News

   South Korea has dismissed a North Korean proposal to hold military
   talks in late May or early June.

   Seoul dismissed the proposal Monday, calling the offer a "bogus peace
   offensive for bogus peace that lacks sincerity."

   A South Korea Defense Ministry spokesman said the North's proposal
   issued Saturday did not include a denuclearization plan, but was
   instead aimed at disrupting international cooperation on sanctions and
   splitting domestic public opinion.

   The Defense Ministry said North Korea is responsible for raising
   tensions on the Korean Peninsula with its nuclear tests and missile
   launches.

   The two Koreas share the world's most heavily fortified border since
   their war in the early 1950s ended with an armistice, not a peace
   treaty. About 28,500 U.S. troops are deployed in South Korea as
   deterrence against North Korea.
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