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beijing — South Korean Presi- dent Lee Myung-bak on Wednes- day described international talks as the necessarymeans of coaxing NorthKorea to abandonitsnucle- ar program, opening a narrow window for the resumption of long-dormantnegotiations. Though numerous obstacles


stand in the way of renewed aid- for-disarmament talks, Lee’s com-


ment — coming after weeks of morehawkishrhetoric—suggests thatSouthKoreawillnot relysole- ly on military muscle to pressure itsneighbor. Lee used urgent terms to de-


scribe the need to resume talks, calling on North Korea to give up its nuclear plans within a year. SouthKorea has “no choice but to resolve the problem of disman- tling North Korea’s nuclear pro- gram diplomatically through the six-party talks,” Leewas quoted as


saying by Seoul’s Yonhap news agency. Since Pyongyang’s shelling of a


South Korean island on Nov. 23, participants in the stalled talks have been split along Cold War lines — China, Russia and North Korea on one end; South Korea, JapanandtheUnitedStatesonthe other—withBeijing, inparticular, callingfor the emergency resump- tionof the talks. Officials in Seoul, Tokyo and Washington have given little cre-


dence to that plan, refusing to returnto thenegotiating tableun- til Pyongyang acknowledges its denuclearizationpromises. A presidential spokesman told


reporters in Seoul that Lee’s com- ments on Wednesday did not re- flect a change in South Korea’s position. Before Lee’s remarks, however, leaders from South Ko- rea, Japan and the United States had never suggested that the six- party talkswere imperative. “Idon’t thinkanypartyhashigh


expectations about the talks,” said ParkHyeong-jung, a researcher at the Seoul-based Korea Institute for National Reunification. “But ourgovernment thinksthatweare already showing our determina- tion andmilitarymuscle toNorth Korea. So it is time to reconvene the negotiations, and six-party talks is one of the forums.” South Korea could also pursue


bilateral dialogue with North Ko- rea, a step that would please offi- cials inWashingtonwho are seek-


A7 SouthKorea’s Lee says talks imperative forNorth's denuclearization


ing a way to curb Pyongyang’s most belligerent behavior. Finding a way forward will be


oneof theissuesaddressedinmid- January when Chinese President Hu Jintao meets with President Obama inWashington.China, like North Korea, wants the six-party talks to resumewithout precondi- tions.


harlanc@washpost.com


Staff researcher Liu Liu contributed to this report.


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