North Korea calls for 'unconditional' talks with South

[Turborama]

Source: BBC

North Korea wants "unconditional" talks with the South to put an end to months of extreme tension, the North's official news agency reports.

In a rare conciliatory gesture, KCNA said Pyongyang was ready to meet "anyone, any time, anywhere", and proposed a mutual end to provocation.

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KCNA said North Korea was proposing "having wide-ranging dialogue and negotiations" with Seoul, saying such co-operation was "the only way out from this serious situation".

"In order to mend the North-South relations, now at the lowest ebb, we will conduct positive dialogue and negotiations with the political parties and organisations of South Korea including its authorities," the statement said.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12123225

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The article goes on to say they have called for "an end to "slanders and calumnies" of each other, and refrain from "any act of provoking each other in order to create an atmosphere of improving the inter-Korean relations"."

Right, so it's another case of "do as I say, not as I do", is it?

[Adsos Letter]

1. We can hope that they are serious; this could be an opening to a future for both countries.

[qazplm]

2. what boggles my mind

is that there hasn't been a revolution yet, not even a military coup.

Is the country collectively THAT brainwashed that they don't get tired of the constant tension, surveillance, hunger, killings, etc?
Is the military that full of sycophants that there isn't even a strongman who thinks, rightly or wrongly, that he could do better?

There are few places in the world with a functioning government in a worse situation than NK that haven't had at least one revolution in the last 40 years.

[joshcryer]

4. Propaganda can be quite powerful.

http://www.nk-news.net/index.php

It helps that NK is a puppet of China and is basically China's proving grounds for communism.

[qazplm]

8. no doubt

but NK is the last communist holdout, China isn't even communist anymore, not really.
I'm surprised someone in the power structure hasn't tried to take over.
One wonders what it will take to break that regime down.

[Javaman]

10. So can starving the general population and feeding the army.

the NK people are just strong enough to work but weak enough not to act out.

It's a delicate balance that NK has had 60 years to refine.

[Drale]

3. Tomorrow they will be calling for nuclear war

They're government is Bipolar.

[Broderick]

11. Beat me to it

Bi-polar no doubt. +1

[Better Believe It]

5. An obvious provocation by North Korea. South Korea should respond with a massive bombing raid.

That'll teach those godless comminists to just STFU!

[Uncle Joe]

6. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Turborama.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

7. Khrushchev just blinked.

Too bad there isn't a Kennedy anywhere on the scene... :shrug:

[Javaman]

9. Did NK end the comment of wanting "unconditional talks" with...

we will nuke you all into a glowing irradiated orb!!!