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Wed, 04/06/2011 - 21:53
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U.S. worries about N. Korea's additional provocations: Gen. Sharp
By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, April 6 (Yonhap) -- The commander of U.S. forces in South Korea Wednesday expressed concerns about further provocations from North Korea.
Speaking at a House Armed Services Committee hearing, Gen. Walter Sharp, commander of U.S. Forces Korea, also said that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il will not abandon its nuclear weapons.
"I do worry that there are additional attacks and provocations that are being considered within North Korea," Sharp said.
North Korea torpedoed a South Korean warship and shelled a South Korean border island last year, killing 50 people and chilling ties to their lowest level since the 1950-53 Korean War.
Pyongyang refused to apologize for last year's provocations and walked out of a rare inter-Korean dialogue in February, thwarting hopes for an early resumption of the six-party nuclear talks, stalled for more than two years over U.N. sanctions for its nuclear and missile tests in early 2009 and the Cheonan's sinking and the attack on Yeonpyeong Island.
The U.S. has called on North Korea to mend ties with South Korea before a resumption of the denuclearization-for-aid talks.
WASHINGTON, April 6 (Yonhap) -- The commander of U.S. forces in South Korea Wednesday expressed concerns about further provocations from North Korea.
Speaking at a House Armed Services Committee hearing, Gen. Walter Sharp, commander of U.S. Forces Korea, also said that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il will not abandon its nuclear weapons.
"I do worry that there are additional attacks and provocations that are being considered within North Korea," Sharp said.
North Korea torpedoed a South Korean warship and shelled a South Korean border island last year, killing 50 people and chilling ties to their lowest level since the 1950-53 Korean War.
Pyongyang refused to apologize for last year's provocations and walked out of a rare inter-Korean dialogue in February, thwarting hopes for an early resumption of the six-party nuclear talks, stalled for more than two years over U.N. sanctions for its nuclear and missile tests in early 2009 and the Cheonan's sinking and the attack on Yeonpyeong Island.
The U.S. has called on North Korea to mend ties with South Korea before a resumption of the denuclearization-for-aid talks.
