North Korea rejects South Korean call for talks

Seoul - North Korea on Sunday rejected calls by South Korea for a dialogue to ease tensions on the Peninsula, amid Pyongyang's threats of war.

Pyongyang dismissed the offer to hold talks from South Korean President Park Guen Hye as "a cunning ploy to hide the South's policy of confrontation," according to the Yonhap news agency.

A spokesman for Pyongyang's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea said no substantial negotiations could take place amid ongoing joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States.

"Under these circumstances, is it possible to hold a dialogue? Such a dialogue would be meaningless," the spokesman was quoted assaying.//DPA

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