Thursday, January 16, 2014

North Korea Proposes To South Korea A Halt To All Hostile Actions

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a ceremony of awarding party and state commendations to the exemplary officials, captains and fishermen in fisheries of the Korean People's Army (KPA) at the conference hall of the Central Committee. VOA

Let’s Stop All the Insults, North Korea Says -- New York Times

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea made what it called an “important proposal” on Thursday, suggesting a pact with South Korea to stop all cross-border slandering.

The North also said it would initiate unspecified steps to help ease military tensions along the disputed western sea border with the South, the scene of military clashes in recent years.

The proposal, made by North Korea’s National Defense Commission and publicized by the official Korean Central News Agency, suggested that as of Jan. 30, both sides cease all the insults they have customarily thrown at each other for decades. It was unclear why that date was suggested.

In return, North Korea also called for an end to the annual joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States — a longstanding demand that the South has said it had no intention of accepting.

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More News On North Korea's Proposal To South Korea To Halt To All Hostile Actions

North Korea proposes halt in hostile actions -- USA Today/AP
Pyongyang proposes halting cross-border slander -- Korea Times
North Korea Warns U.S. and South Korea Over Military Drills -- Time
North Korea issues threat over routine U.S.-South Korea military drills -- UPI
North Korea warns South, US over 'provocative' military drills -- FOX News
North Korea hawkish and dovish ahead of South-U.S. drills -- Reuters
Pyongyang: 'Unimaginable Calamities' if Seoul Military Drills Proceed -- Voice of America
NK calls for end of inter-Korean hostilities to prevent disaster -- Global Times
N. Korea demands halt to South-US military drills, threatens with 'unimaginable holocaust' -- RT
S. Korea rejects N. Korean call to halt military exercises -- Kyodo News Agency
S. Korea Says U.S. Drills to Proceed After North’s Warning -- Bloomberg Businessweek

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