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DPRK issue not settled
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US President George W Bush and visiting South Korean President Kim Dae-jung ended an hour-long meeting at the White House on Wednesday without settling their differences on how to deal with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Bush took a hard line toward DPRK, saying he had no immediate plans to resume negotiations on ending its missile programme and questioning whether it would honour such an accord.
In the meeting with Kim Dae-jung, who hoped the new administration would quickly restart the talks begun under former President Bill Clinton, Bush also made clear that he viewed DPRK as a threat to US.
"We look forward to, at some point in the future, having a dialogue with the North Koreans but ... any negotiation would require complete verification," Bush told reporters in the Oval Office with Kim at his side.
"Part of the problem in dealing with the North Korea is there's not very much transparency. We're not certain as to whether or not they're keeping all terms of all agreements," Bush added.
The United States views DPRK as one of the main exporters of missile technology to the world and US officials regularly cite it as one of the reasons for the United States to build a missile defence shield to ward off potential attacks.(SD News)
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