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By Korean Affairs Expert Angie Knox North Korea has offered to hold high-level talks with South Korea later this year. It is the first offer from Pyongyang since a proposed summit between North and South Korean leaders was cancelled after the death of North Korean President Kim Il-Sung almost five years ago. But the North has attached stringent conditions to the proposal, including an end to military co-operation between South Korea and the United States. South Korea says it is studying the proposal, but there are concerns that Pyongyang may just be calling Seoul's bluff. Fragile peace The two Koreas have maintained an uneasy truce since the 1950-53 Korean War, which ended without a permanent peace agreement. South Korea's President Kim Dae-Jung was elected nearly a year ago and initiated a new 'sunshine policy' of engagement with the North. But it has failed to prevent rising tension, caused mainly by a series of infiltration attempts by North Korea, often using mini-submarines. Pyongyang turned down President Kim's own proposal for a summit meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il and gradual rapprochement between the two Koreas. President Kim's administration had been planning to mark his first anniversary in office with another proposal for a meeting with Kim Jong-Il. Pre-emptive strike But Pyongyang's offer of talks has pre-empted them. South Korean officials have given the initiative a cautious welcome. But the North Korean conditions on the proposal are likely to prove a serious stumbling block. As in previous offers of talks, Pyongyang has stipulated that Seoul must end its military co-operation with the United States, which has 36,000 troops stationed in South Korea. It also wants Seoul to scrap its anti-Communist legislation and allow groups which support Pyongyang to operate legally. End to the sunshine? President Kim is now in a quandary. He cannot accept the proposal as it is, but if he rejects North Korea's conditions, then how can he sustain the sunshine policy? One solution might be to link meeting North Korean conditions with confidence-building measures over a period of time. But given Pyongyang's history of unpredictability in international negotiations, inter-Korean talks may be some way off yet.
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दुई कोरियाबीच आगामी महिना शिखर बैठक दक्षिण कोरियाले भनेको छ उत्तर कोरियाली नेता किम जंग-अनले उनको देशको सुरक्षाको ग्यारेन्टी हुने हो भने उनी परमाणुअस्त्र परित्याग गर्ने बारे छलफल गर्न तयार हुन सक्ने संकेत दिएको छन्। नेता किम र एउटा दक्षिण कोरियाली प्रतिनिधिमण्डल बीच भएको बैठकपछि यो पछिल्लो गतिविधि भएको छ। उक्त प्रतिनिधिमण्डल हालै मात्र प्योंगयांगबाट फर्केको छ। प्योंगयांगको विरलै हुने भ्रमणबाट फर्केका सउलका एकजना दूतले उत्तर र दक्षिण कोरियाका नेताहरुबीच आगामी महिना शिखर बैठकमा भेट हुने बताएका छन्। उत्तर कोरिया विरुद्ध 'कडा नाकाबन्दी' उत्तर कोरिया अमेरिकासँग वार्ता गर्न इच्छुक: दक्षिण कोरिया परीक्षण सउलले भनेको छ उत्तर कोरिया अमेरिकासँग वार्ता गर्न इच्छुक रहेको र वार्ता हुँदा परमाणु अस्त्र र अन्य क्षेप्यास्त्रको परीक्षण रोक्न आफू तयार रहेको बताएको छ। बीबीसी सम्वाददाता माइकल बिष्ट्रो भन्छन् "दक्षिण कोरियाका अनुसार उत्तर कोरियाली नेता किम जङ अन दक्षिणका राष्ट्रपति मुन जे इन सँग भेट गर्न सहमत भएका छन्। "उत्तर कोरिया अमेरिकासँग वार्ता गर्न इच्छुक रहेको पनि देखिएको छ। र वार्ताका बेला कुनै परमाणु अस्त्र र क्षेप्यास्त्र परीक्षण नगर्ने पनि उत्तरले जनाएको छ।" उत्तर कोरियाका नेता किम र दक्षिण कोरियाका राष्ट्रपति मुन जे इनबीच एउटा शीर्ष भेट अर्को महिना दुई देशबीचको कडा सुरक्षायुक्त सीमाक्षेत्रमा हुँदैछ।