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[bunny]

Quote: Six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programme are to resume soon, China's foreign ministry has confirmed.

Agreement came after an informal meeting in Beijing between North Korea, China and the US, the ministry said.

The talks stalled a year ago after Pyongyang pulled out in protest at US financial sanctions imposed upon it.

North Korea alarmed the world by testing a nuclear weapon earlier this month, prompting the UN to impose financial and arms sanctions.

China's foreign ministry said on its website that envoys from China, the US and North Korea met on Tuesday and "had a candid and in-depth exchange of views on continuing efforts to advance the process of the six-party talks".

All three agreed the talks "be held soon at a time convenient to the six parties".

The US negotiator, Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, later said the talks could resume next month.

He added that North Korea had set no conditions for its return to the talks.

The announcement was welcomed by both South Korea and Russia, which along with the US, China and Japan make up the partners in the talks with North Korea.

But Japan has reportedly said it cannot accept North Korea's return to the talks unless the regime first renounces its nuclear weapons.

Foreign Minister Taro Aso was quoted as saying that while Japan welcomed the prospect of a new round of talks, it "does not intend to accept North Korea's return to the talks on the premise that it possess nuclear weapons".

The Associated Press news agency said he told public broadcaster NHK that a resumption of talks "is conditional on North Korea not possessing nuclear weapons".

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All that FEAR & rhetoric wasted...

Will anything come out of this?

[johnflesh]

Quote: But Japan has reportedly said it cannot accept North Korea's return to the talks unless the regime first renounces its nuclear weapons.

Foreign Minister Taro Aso was quoted as saying that while Japan welcomed the prospect of a new round of talks, it "does not intend to accept North Korea's return to the talks on the premise that it possess nuclear weapons".

The Associated Press news agency said he told public broadcaster NHK that a resumption of talks "is conditional on North Korea not possessing nuclear weapons".

Quote: All that FEAR & rhetoric wasted...

Will anything come out of this?

I seriously doubt it is wasted, in the mind of the fear monger there is little waste.

I certainly believe something will come of this, some change... I highlighted that with the first quote from the article. Something is happening.

By Japan making this statement, 1 of 2 things can happen, and will:

1. Japan will continue to impose sanctions because NK will not give up it's nuclear weapons.
2. NK gives up the nuclear weapons and all is fine and good, talks commence.

Either way, it'll never be the same again for NK and everyone all the way up to Kim knows this.

[Snake]

I would say something comical here, due to my N Korean internet personality, but it's way too predictable.

North Korea shouldn't have the weapons he's trying to create, and because of his actions, from the Typo-Dong II to the nuclear weapons tests, Kim Jong Ill f*cked himself over.

[bunny]

Hypothetical Question:

Remove Kim Jong from the equation, are the worries & fears towards NK the same, inre: nukes, et al? Or, is all paranoia simply based around him being 'the man'?

[Snake]

Bad hypothetical. It depends on who replaces Kim Jong and if the current system is replaced by something more 'peseant freindly'