SEOUL: North and South Korea will hold official talks next week for the first time in more than two years after Pyongyang accepted Seoul’s offer for dialogue, just hours after the United States and South Korea delayed a joint military exercise. North Korea asked for further negotiations regarding the meeting to be carried out via documented exchanges, Baik said. Japan’s defence minister on Friday sounded a note of caution about the talks, saying North Korea would continue developing its weapons program and Tokyo would remain vigilant. “North Korea goes through phases of apparent dialogue and provocation but either way, North Korea is continuing its nuclear and missile development. South Korea and the United States are technically still at war with North Korea after the 1950-53 Korean conflict ended with a truce, not a peace treaty.

Source: Pakistan Today January 05, 2018 06:00 UTC