Las Vegas Sun

June 18, 2024

Talks between the rival Koreas stretch into a third day

PYONGYANG, North Korea — South Korea's president says anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts will continue unless North Korea apologizes for planting land mines that Seoul says maimed two South Korean soldiers.

The comments by Park Geun-hye came as marathon negotiations by senior officials from the Koreas stretched into a third day on Monday.

South Korea's military, meanwhile, said North Korea continued to prepare for a fight, moving unusual numbers of troops and submarines to the border.

Officials described a "tense" mood but refused to provide details of the talks, which started Saturday evening and whose second session began Sunday afternoon and was still going late Monday morning. For the time being, the diplomacy pushed aside previous heated warnings of imminent war.