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China-Japan-Koreas
N. Korea 'reverses' on talks
2005-02-22
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il says his country is willing to resume talks with its neighbors and the United States if Washington "would show trustworthy sincerity and move (its stance)," Pyongyang's official news agency has announced. "We will go to the negotiating table anytime if there are mature conditions for the six-party talks thanks to the concerted efforts of the parties concerned in the future," the state news agency KCNA quoted Kim as saying. The agency said Pyongyang "would as ever stand for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, and its position to seek a peaceful solution to the issue through dialogue remains unchanged."

The six-party talks include North and South Korea, China, Japan, Russia and the United States. North Korea announced on February 10 that it would withdraw from the talks and declared for the first time that it possessed nuclear weapons, blaming a hostile U.S. stance for the impasse. But, in what appears to be a reversal, Pyongyang said Tuesday that its government "has never opposed the six-party talks but made every possible effort for their success."
They will or they won't, depending what Kimmie had for breakfast...
Posted by:ed

#11  It's like 53 all over again - they're discussing the table size.
Posted by: anonymous2u   2005-02-22 5:24:24 PM  

#10  No wait, they want to talk. Oh, no they don't. Oh yes, they're ready now. Oh, I guess not. This could go on as long as the IAEA was trying to get Saddam to let them in.
Posted by: shellback   2005-02-22 1:12:54 PM  

#9  *Holds up card* 1.3.

A pathetic performance lacking any vigor or creativity.

The end is indeed near: they don't have enough food to give to the propagandists to keep their energy levels up. I fear that Army First man did not Kick the Bucket: He died from appendicitis after eating it...
Posted by: Ptah   2005-02-22 10:23:17 AM  

#8  I agree with Alaska Paul -- a 2.7 for the article, but a 5.5 for Josesph Mendiola.
Posted by: Steve White   2005-02-22 10:06:29 AM  

#7  And just last week the limp dicks were saying how bad it was that we were being mean to Kimmie. What a load of crap. Kimmie only has one card (blackmail/extortion) and plays it again and again. *Yawn*
Posted by: Spot   2005-02-22 9:08:02 AM  

#6  And the purpose of talks with a totalitarian state that readily breaks agreements and routinely does 180 degree turns in talks is...???
Posted by: Tom   2005-02-22 8:52:59 AM  

#5  What is the point of further negotiations? In the90’s the US, Japan and South Korea have North Korea food and fuel oil in return for North Korea not pursuing nuclear technology that could be used to produce a nuclear weapon. What can North Korea give us now in return for us feeding their people: the promise not to sell nuclear technology? There really isn’t anything to talk about.
Posted by: CanaveralDan   2005-02-22 8:09:35 AM  

#4  More like who he had,Ed.
Posted by: raptor   2005-02-22 7:41:23 AM  

#3  2.7, JM. The jusices are starting to flow, however, no Juiche, Sea of Fire, and there is definitely a lack of capital letters. I suggest that one go back a couple of years and read the KCNA rants that scored 8.0 and above.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2005-02-22 1:26:24 AM  

#2  Aka "The USA and Dubya are such big nasty warmongering imperialist fascist capitalist meanies the Commies are justified, absolutely and undeniably, to attack NORAM/CANUSA, and Radical Islam to take out the Admin. and leadership of the GOP-Right". Its just a big weird coincidence that President Kerry is still President and still a Senator, Dean is now DNC CHair, and Hillary is Betty Crocker!?
Posted by: josephmendiola   2005-02-22 12:59:24 AM  

#1  Sounds like they caved in. I wonder if China turned off the oil pipeline for a while.
Posted by: phil_b   2005-02-22 12:20:34 AM  

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