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North Korea boycotts inter-Korean talks over mass defection
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SEOUL, (AFP) - North Korea (news - web sites) has boycotted scheduled cabinet-level talks with South Korea (news - web sites), angry over the defection of hundreds of North Koreans to the South last week.
Pyongyang described the mass defection as an act of "kidnapping and terrorism committed by South Korean authorities in broad daylight."
The South Korean ministry of unification said in a statement that it deeply regretted Pyongyang's decision not to attend the talks.
"We urge the North side to come to the talks at the earliest possible date and discuss and resolve pending issues of the two sides so as to continue pushing forward inter-Korean ties," it said.
The two Koreas have been at odds over the defection and Seoul's earlier refusal to let pro-unification activists visit Pyongyang for the 10th anniversary of the death of the North's founding leader, Kim Il-Sung on July 8.
North Korea also scrapped maritime and military talks with South Korea in retaliation.
Kathianne said:Maybe it will crumble under the sheer neglect?
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You knwo they are going to spin everything as an act against them; they will use this to ramp up to justify an attack.Comrade said:Pyongyang described the mass defection as an act of "kidnapping and terrorism committed by South Korean authorities in broad daylight."
