N. Korea Wants U.S. Action Before Talks

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UNITED NATIONS - A top North Korean official said Tuesday that Pyongyang would not return to talks on the nuclear crisis unless Washington takes "simultaneous action" to meet its demands, saying it makes no sense for the communist country to "put down the guns first."

North Korea has repeatedly said it is not interested in further negotiations, but Vice Foreign Minister Choe Su Hon used his address to the U.N. General Assembly to present his government's case in detail. The North tends to escalate its harsh rhetoric when it wants to extract concessions before talks.

Choe accused the United States of insisting that North Korea take "all actions first," saying this was the hostile policy of a superpower seeking to overthrow the government by force.


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