North Korea says it will boycott Japan in six-party talks

SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Saturday that Japan should not come to
the upcoming fresh round of six-party nuclear talks, accusing Tokyo of failing to
do its part for a multi-lateral denuclearization deal.
"We will neither treat Japan as a party to the talks nor deal with it even if it
impudently appears in the conference room, lost to shame," a spokesman for North
Korea's Foreign Ministry was quoted as saying by the North's Korean Central News
Agency.
"It is only Japan out of those parties that has not done anything to fulfill its
commitment but is still refusing to do so," the spokesman said.
The fresh round of six-party talks, also involving South Korea, the United
States, China and Russia, is scheduled to open in Beijing on Monday.
hkim@yna.co.kr
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