Little progress in Korean talks

Geneva - North and South Korea, China and the US agreed yesterday to meet again in mid-April for a fifth round of talks aimed…

Geneva - North and South Korea, China and the US agreed yesterday to meet again in mid-April for a fifth round of talks aimed at forging a permanent peace for the divided Korean peninsula.

But the four days of talks ended with little sign of major progress after North Korea renewed demands that the 37,000 US troops stationed in South Korea be withdrawn.

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