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China-Japan-Koreas
North Korea wants US to drop sanctions before nuclear talks
2006-02-09
North Korea will only return to six-party talks on its nuclear programmeme if the United States drops sanctions against it, a North Korean official said on Wednesday as talks between Tokyo and Pyongyang ended in rancour. "The condition is to remove the financial sanctions," said Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador to bilateral discussions with Japan in Beijing. "If the Japanese tell the US, they will actually listen to them more carefully." Song made the comments the day talks between Japan and North Korea wrapped up with both sides as far apart as ever over abductions of Japanese citizens and no agreement on when Pyongyang might return to six-way talks on its nuclear programmeme.
Posted by:Fred

#10  Let them eat gamma rays.
Posted by: Super Hose   2006-02-09 18:15  

#9  Continue the sanctions until North Korea implodes. I pity their long suffering people but Kim is just too sick to be let off of the hook. He must be brought to face the ultimate product of his leadership ... failure.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-02-09 18:02  

#8  And I want a pony from North Korea.

But somehow I suspect they're all greasing the insides of apparachnik stomachs & cooking-pots, along with the occasional peasant or slow-moving, very briefly surprised Japanese beachcomber.
Posted by: Mitch H.   2006-02-09 13:58  

#7  kIM: Meeeee? Meeee. Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

/Hiya Spike!
Posted by: 6   2006-02-09 12:40  

#6  North Korea will only return to six-party talks on its nuclear programmeme if the United States drops sanctions against it, a North Korean official said..

Uhhhh, NO.

..as talks between Tokyo and Pyongyang ended in rancour.

Business as usual for the NorKs.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2006-02-09 11:51  

#5  The B83 should be renamed "The Sanction". The W88 could be renamed "The Financial Sanction"
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-02-09 10:47  

#4  Where is the laughing crowd graphic?
Posted by: SR-71   2006-02-09 10:40  

#3  Somebody was not able to purchase his Hennesy with counterfit money in China. Somebody is seething mad. Dance little kimmy! Dance!
Posted by: 3dc   2006-02-09 09:11  

#2  Maybe we should send Halfbright again - oh and don't forget her brooch!
Posted by: CrazyFool   2006-02-09 08:45  

#1  For phuechs sake! Let them starve and forget about them. If they launch a No Dongie, destroy them as a civilization immediately.
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-02-09 07:31  

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