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South Korea Calls on North to Tone Down Rhetoric
By Kurt Achin
Seoul
02 April 2008
South Korean officials have issued their first formal
response to recent moves by North Korea, labeling some of the North's recent statements "inappropriate." The
exchange comes as high-level American and South Korean envoys warn time is running out in diplomacy to end North
Korea's nuclear weapons programs. VOA's Kurt Achin reports from the South Korean capital.
South Korean Major-General Kwon Oh-sung has sent a radio
message to his North Korean counterpart, reassuring Pyongyang the South remains committed to a key non-aggression
agreement between the two sides.
However, the message rebukes the North for what it
describes as recent "deliberate slander and fostering of tensions" which the South finds deeply regretful.
The message comes a day after North Korea's main official
newspaper lashed out at South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, calling him a "traitor" and accusing him of disrupting
North-South relations.
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