South Korean President Lee Myung-bak delivers a speech during a ceremony to celebrate Korean Liberation Day from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters photo)South Korea's Lee Seeks Arms Cut Deal With North -- Reuters
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's president on Saturday called on North Korea to reach a deal to cut conventional arms amassed on their heavily fortified border and renewed a pledge to provide aid if the impoverished North ends its atomic ambitions.
North Korea, which has harshly criticized President Lee Myung-bak, this week released a South Korean worker it had held captive since March in a rare conciliatory gesture analysts said could herald a defrosting of ties.
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SKorea's Lee renews aid offer to NKorea -- AP
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S.Korean president calls for arms talks with North -- AFP
South Korea: Call for Weapons Talks With the North -- New York Times
Lee’s Peace Initiative Unlikely Accepted by NK -- Korea Times
News analysis: Hopes rise of easing tension between two Koreas, but thaw takes time -- China View
My Comment: Why should North Korea open up discussions with South Korea when the Americans have already made a commitment to do so. Fallout from former President Clinton's trip to North Korea two weeks ago is now being felt in South Korea and in its attempts at conducting diplomacy with North Korea.