S.Korea fails to lead North back to nuclear talks
South Korea failed to persuade the North it should return to multilateral talks on ending its nuclear programs but the two sides agreed on Friday on railway links, family reunions and Red Cross meetings. In a joint statement issued at the end of the first senior-level meeting between the two since Pyongyang threatened to pull out of separate six-party talks on its nuclear weapons program, Seoul and Pyongyang reiterated existing positions on the nuclear crisis. Full Story