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January 14, 2015

North Korea offers direct talks with US
United Nations, United States (AFP) Jan 13, 2015
North Korea on Tuesday offered to hold direct talks with the United States on its proposal to suspend nuclear tests, and suggested dialogue could pave the way to changes on the Korean peninsula. In a message passed to the US side on Friday, Pyongyang made the offer to suspend nuclear tests if the United States temporarily scrapped joint military exercises in South Korea. The US State Department rejected the tit-for-tat offer as an "implicit threat" but said it "remains opens to dialogue" with Py ... read more

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