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Fri, 05/27/2011 - 10:46
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S. Korea presses N. Korea to show sincerity on denuclearization
SEOUL, May 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea urged North Korea on Friday to demonstrate its denuclearization commitment and address Seoul's grievances over the North's two deadly attacks last year.
"Our position remains unchanged that the North should show its change of attitude by deeds, not words," Unification Ministry spokesman Chun Hae-sung told reporters.
North Korea has refused to take responsibility for the attacks, hindering diplomatic efforts to revive the long-stalled talks on ending Pyongyang's nuclear programs.
Chun's comment is the latest indication that Seoul will not ease its hardline policy on Pyongyang despite North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's call for a quick resumption of the nuclear talks and the easing of tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
Kim made the remarks during his summit talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing on Wednesday, according to China's official Xinhua News Agency.
But Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) gave a toned-down account, saying that Kim and Hu recognized that a peaceful resolution of the nuclear standoff through dialogue, including the resumption of nuclear talks, conform to the overall interests of the region.
North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui-chun also renewed Pyongyang's commitment to revive the nuclear talks that also involve South Korea, the United States, China, Russia and Japan.
North Korea "is making efforts to quickly resume the six-nation talks by cooperating with parties concerned," Pak said Wednesday at a conference in Indonesia, according to the North's state broadcaster.
The North has repeatedly expressed its interest in returning to the negotiating table it quit in 2009.
Meanwhile, Kim was greeted by his heir apparent son, Kim Jong-un, and other top officials upon returning home from a weeklong trip to China, according to the KCNA.
The KCNA dispatch is the confirmation that the leader-in-waiting did not accompany his father's trip to China.
Kim, who inherited power from his late father and North Korean founder Kim Il-sung, has taken steps to extend his family dynasty into a third generation since he suffered a stroke in 2008.
He named Jong-un vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the North's ruling Workers' Party and a four-star general last year in the clearest sign yet to make him the next North Korean leader.
"Our position remains unchanged that the North should show its change of attitude by deeds, not words," Unification Ministry spokesman Chun Hae-sung told reporters.
North Korea has refused to take responsibility for the attacks, hindering diplomatic efforts to revive the long-stalled talks on ending Pyongyang's nuclear programs.
Chun's comment is the latest indication that Seoul will not ease its hardline policy on Pyongyang despite North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's call for a quick resumption of the nuclear talks and the easing of tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
Kim made the remarks during his summit talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing on Wednesday, according to China's official Xinhua News Agency.
But Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) gave a toned-down account, saying that Kim and Hu recognized that a peaceful resolution of the nuclear standoff through dialogue, including the resumption of nuclear talks, conform to the overall interests of the region.
North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui-chun also renewed Pyongyang's commitment to revive the nuclear talks that also involve South Korea, the United States, China, Russia and Japan.
North Korea "is making efforts to quickly resume the six-nation talks by cooperating with parties concerned," Pak said Wednesday at a conference in Indonesia, according to the North's state broadcaster.
The North has repeatedly expressed its interest in returning to the negotiating table it quit in 2009.
Meanwhile, Kim was greeted by his heir apparent son, Kim Jong-un, and other top officials upon returning home from a weeklong trip to China, according to the KCNA.
The KCNA dispatch is the confirmation that the leader-in-waiting did not accompany his father's trip to China.
Kim, who inherited power from his late father and North Korean founder Kim Il-sung, has taken steps to extend his family dynasty into a third generation since he suffered a stroke in 2008.
He named Jong-un vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the North's ruling Workers' Party and a four-star general last year in the clearest sign yet to make him the next North Korean leader.
