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North and South Korea put off high-level talks

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The Koreas' first high-level talks in years have been scrapped due to a stalemate over who will lead each delegation, South Korea said June 11, a day before they were to begin. The cancellation is a blow to tentative hopes that the rivals were about to improve ties following years of rising hostility.

North Korea said it wasn't sending its officials to Seoul for the two-day meeting because the South had changed the head of its delegation, a spokesman for Seoul's Unification Ministry said. The ministry is in charge of North Korea matters. (AP)

南北会談、直前で中止に

韓国統一省は６月11日、北朝鮮との会談が取りやめになったと発表した。代表団の首席代表の人選に関して北朝鮮が不満を示し、代表団派遣保留を表明したという。

The Japan Times ST: June 21, 2013